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in⋅de⋅pend⋅ence

  [in-di-pen-duhns]
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–noun
1. Also, independency. the state or quality of being independent.
2. freedom from the control, influence, support, aid, or the like, of others.
3. Archaic. a competency.
Origin:
1630–40; independ(ent) + -ence

Synonyms:
1. See freedom.

In⋅de⋅pend⋅ence

  [in-di-pen-duhns]
–noun
1. a city in W Missouri: starting point of the Santa Fe and Oregon trails. 111,806.
2. a town in SE Kansas. 10,598.
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in·de·pen·dence   (ĭn'dĭ-pěn'dəns)   
n.  
  1. The state or quality of being independent.
  2. Archaic Sufficient income for comfortable self-support; a competence.
In·de·pen·dence   (ĭn'dĭ-pěn'dəns)   
A city of western Missouri, a suburb of Kansas City. A starting point for the Santa Fe and Oregon trails during the 19th century, it was the home of President Harry S. Truman. His gravesite and presidential library are here. Population: 109,000.
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Independence

In`de*pend"ence\, n. [Cf. F. ind['e]pendance.]

1. The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by, others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference.

Let fortune do her worst, . . . as long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence. --Pope.

2. Sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.

Declaration of Independence (Amer. Hist.), the declaration of the Congress of the Thirteen United States of America, on the 4th of July, 1776, by which they formally declared that these colonies were free and independent States, not subject to the government of Great Britain.
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Independence

City in western Missouri.

Note: Beginning of the Santa Fe Trail, used by settlers moving west.
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