Independent
Adjective
- Not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneself
- Not subject to another’s authority or jurisdiction; autonomous; free
- Not influenced by the thoughts or actions of others
- Not dependent; not depending or contingent upon something else for existence, operation, etc.
- Not relying on another or others for aid or support.
- Rejecting others’ aid or support; refusing to be under obligation to others.
- Possessing a competency
- Sufficient to support a person without having to work
- Executed or originating outside a given unit, agency, business, etc.
- Working for oneself or a small, privately owned business.
- Expressive spirit of independence, self-confidence, unconstrained
- Free from party commitments in voting
