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independent

English

🔊 free from external control and constraint
“an independent mind”
🔊 (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
“the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb”
🔊 not controlled by a party or interest group
🔊 (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
“an autonomous judiciary”
🔊 a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
🔊 a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them