free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"
(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" पर्याय: main,
not controlled by a party or interest group
(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state" पर्याय: autonomous, self-governing, sovereign,