independent (
http://definr.com/independent)
adj 1: free from external control and constraint; "an independent
mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely
independent individualism"; "an independent republic"
[ant:
dependent]
2: not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything
else
3: of political bodies; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign
state" [syn:
autonomous,
self-governing,
sovereign]
4: not contingent
5: (grammar) of a clause; able to stand alone syntactically as
a complete sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in
a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb"
[syn:
main(a)] [ant:
dependent]
6: not controlled by a party or interest group
n 1: a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
[syn:
mugwump]
2: a writer or artist who sells services to different employers
without a long-term contract with any of them [syn:
freelance,
self-employed person]