not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent.-affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property.-not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious; self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind.-expressing or indicating the feeling of independence; free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or manner.-separate from; exclusive; irrespective.-belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the doctrines or methods of, the independents.-not dependent upon another quantity in respect to value or rate of variation; -- said of quantities or functions.-not bound by party; exercising a free choice in voting with either or any party.-one who believes that an organized christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority.-one who does not acknowledge an obligation to support a party's candidate under all circumstances; one who exercises liberty in voting.