Difference between revisions of "Independent"

Independent <ref name="term_131392" />  

<p> (1): </p> <p> (a.) Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property. </p> <p> (2): </p> <p> (a.) Not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious; self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind. </p> <p> (3): </p> <p> (a.) Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence; free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or manner. </p> <p> (4): </p> <p> (a.) [[Separate]] from; exclusive; irrespective. </p> <p> (5): </p> <p> (a.) Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the doctrines or methods of, the Independents. </p> <p> (6): </p> <p> (a.) Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to value or rate of variation; - said of quantities or functions. </p> <p> (7): </p> <p> (a.) Not bound by party; exercising a free choice in voting with either or any party. </p> <p> (8): </p> <p> (a.) Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent. </p> <p> (9): </p> <p> (n.) One who believes that an organized [[Christian]] church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority. </p> <p> (10): </p> <p> (n.) One who does not acknowledge an obligation to support a party's candidate under all circumstances; one who exercises liberty in voting. </p>

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