independence, independency

freedom from control or influence of another or others

• autonomy, liberty — immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
• autarky, autarchy — economic independence as a national policy
• autonomy, self-direction, self-reliance, self-sufficiency — personal independence
• separateness — political independence

• freedom — the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints

• dependent — not independent
• independent — free from external control and constraint