free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"外部の支配と制約がない自主的
例:an independent mind 自由な精神
not controlled by a party or interest group党または利益団体によって制御されない独立した
(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state"(政治団体について)外の力によって制御されない独立的
a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them様々な雇い主に作品を売るが、その中の誰とも長期間契約を行わない作家あるいは芸術家自営
(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"(節について)完全な文として、それだけで構文的に成り立つことができる主要