Independent

in-de-pend′ent, adj. (with of ) not dependent or relying on others: not subordinate: not subject to bias: affording a comfortable livelihood: belonging to the Independents: ( gram. ) of some parts of speech (noun, pronoun, verb), capable of forming sentences without the others.— n. one who in ecclesiastical affairs holds that every congregation should be independent of every other and subject to no superior authority—a Congregationalist: ( math. ) not depending on another for its value, said of a quantity or function.— ns. In depend′ence , In depend′ency .— adv. In depend′ently .— Declaration of Independence , the document embodying the reasons for the sece ion of the thirteen colonies of America from England, reported to the Continental Congre , July 4, 1776—observed in the United States as a legal holiday— Independence Day .