1. (noun) mugwump, independent, fencesitter
a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
2. (adj) freelancer, freelance, free-lance, free lance, independent, self-employed person
a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
3. (adj) independent
free from external control and constraint
"an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"
4. (adj) autonomous, independent, self-governing, sovereign
(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
"an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state"
5. (adj) independent, main(a)
(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"
6. (adj) independent
not controlled by a party or interest group
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Definition of 'independent' 
