English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French indépendance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪndɪˈpɛndəns/
- Hyphenation: in‧de‧pend‧ence
Noun
independence (countable and uncountable, plural independences)
- The quality or state of being independent; lack of dependence; the state of not being reliant on, or controlled by, others.
1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “Relates How Mr. Pickwick, with the Assistance of Samuel Weller, Essayed to Soften the Heart of Mr. Benjamin Allen, and to Mollify the Wrath of Mr. Robert Sawyer”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, OCLC 28228280, page 508:Bob the aforesaid, and his present chances of deriving a competent independence from the honourable profession to which he had devoted himself.
- The state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.
Derived terms
Translations
state or quality of being independent
- Afrikaans: onafhanklikheid (af)
- Albanian: pavarësi (sq) f, pamvarësi f
- Arabic: اِسْتِقْلَال m (istiqlāl)
- Armenian: անկախություն (hy) (ankaxutʿyun)
- Asturian: independencia f
- Azerbaijani: istiqlal (az), istiqlaliyyət (az), müstəqillik (az)
- Bashkir: бойондороҡһоҙлоҡ (boyondoroqhoðloq)
- Basque: independentzia (eu)
- Belarusian: незале́жнасць f (njezaljéžnascʹ), самасто́йнасць f (samastójnascʹ)
- Bengali: স্বাধীনতা (bn) (śadhinta), আজাদী (azadī)
- Bulgarian: незави́симост (bg) f (nezavísimost)
- Burmese: ကိုယ့်မင်းကိုယ့်ချင်း (my) (kuiy.mang:kuiy.hkyang:), လွတ်လပ်ရေး (my) (lwatlap-re:)
- Catalan: independència (ca) f
- Chechen: лаамалла (laamalla) d, до̄зушцахилар (dōzušcaχilar)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 獨立 (yue), 独立 (duk6 laap6)
- Dungan: дўли (dwli)
- Mandarin: 獨立 (zh), 独立 (zh) (dúlì), 獨立紀 (Dúlì jì)
- Min Nan: 獨立 (zh-min-nan), 独立 (to̍k-li̍p)
- Wu: 獨立, 独立 (doq liq)
- Crimean Tatar: mustaqillik
- Czech: nezávislost (cs) f, samostatnost (cs) f
- Danish: uafhængighed c, selvstændighed c
- Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
- Dutch: onafhankelijkheid (nl) f, zelfstandigheid (nl) f
- Esperanto: sendependeco
- Estonian: iseseisvus
- Finnish: itsenäisyys (fi)
- French: indépendance (fr) f
- Gagauz: baamsızlık
- Galician: independencia (gl) f
- Georgian: დამოუკიდებლობა (damouḳidebloba)
- German: Unabhängigkeit (de) f
- Greek: ανεξαρτησία (el) f (anexartisía)
- Ancient Greek: αὐτονομία f (autonomía)
- Gujarati: સ્વતંત્રતા (svatantratā)
- Hebrew: עַצְמָאוּת (he) f (atsmaút)
- Hindi: स्वतंत्रता (hi) m (svatantratā)
- Hungarian: függetlenség (hu)
- Icelandic: sjálfstæði n, óhæði n
- Indonesian: kemerdekaan (id)
- Italian: indipendenza (it) f
- Japanese: 独立 (ja) (どくりつ, dokuritsu)
- Kannada: ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯ (kn) (svātantrya)
- Kazakh: тәуелсіздік (kk) (täuelsızdık)
- Khmer: ឯករាជ្យ (km) (ʼaekaʼriəc)
- Korean: 독립(獨立) (ko) (dongnip)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: سەربەخۆیی (serbexoyî)
- Northern Kurdish: serbixweyî (ku)
- Kyrgyz: эгемендүүлүк (egemendüülük)
- Lao: ເອກະລາດ (lo) (ʼē ka lāt)
- Latin: lībertās (la) f
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- Latvian: neatkarība f
- Lithuanian: nepriklausomybė (lt) f
- Macedonian: независност f (nezavisnost)
- Malay: kemerdekaan (ms)
- Malayalam: സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യം (ml) (svātantryaṃ)
- Maltese: indipendenza f
- Manx: seyrsnys f (politics), neuchommeeys m, neuchrogheydys m
- Maore Comorian: uhuru 14
- Maori: mana motuhake (political), motuhaketanga
- Marathi: स्वातंत्र्य (svātantrya)
- Mongolian: бие даасан байдал (biyö daasan baydal), тусгаар тогтнол (tusgaar togtnol)
- Nahuatl: tlācaxoxouhcāyōtl, tlakaxoxoukayotl
- Nepali: स्वतन्त्रता (ne) (svatantratā)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: uavhengighet (no) m or f
- Nynorsk: sjølvstende n
- Occitan: independéncia (oc) f
- Okinawan: ちゅいだち (cuidaci)
- Oriya: ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତା (swadhinôta)
- Pashto: استقلال (ps) m (esteqlãl), آزادي (ps) f (āzādí)
- Persian: استقلال (fa) (esteqlâl), آزادی (fa) (âzâdi)
- Polish: niepodległość (pl) f, niezależność (pl) f, niezawisłość (pl) f
- Portuguese: independência (pt) f
- Romanian: independență (ro) f
- Russian: незави́симость (ru) f (nezavísimostʹ), самостоя́тельность (ru) f (samostojátelʹnostʹ)
- Sardinian: indipendentzia f
- Scots: unthirldom
- Scottish Gaelic: neo-eisimeileachd
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: не̏овисно̄ст f, неза́висно̄ст f
- Roman: nȅovisnōst (sh) f, nezávisnōst (sh) f
- Sicilian: nnipinnenzia (scn)
- Sinhalese: ස්වාධීනත්වය (swādhīnatwaya)
- Slovak: nezávislosť f
- Slovene: neodvisnost (sl) f
- Spanish: independencia (es) f
- Sranan Tongo: srefidensi
- Swedish: oavhängighet (sv), självständighet (sv) c
- Tajik: истиқлол (istiqlol), озодӣ (tg) (ozodī)
- Tamil: சுதந்திரம் (ta) (cutantiram)
- Tatar: бәйсезлек (tt) (bäysezlek), мөстәкыйльлек (tt) (möstäkıyl’lek)
- Telugu: స్వాతంత్ర్యము (te) (svātantryamu)
- Thai: เอกราช (èek-gà-râat)
- Tibetan: རང་བཙན (rang btsan)
- Turkish: istiklal (tr), bağımsızlık (tr)
- Turkmen: garaşsyzlyk
- Ukrainian: незале́жність (uk) (nezaléžnistʹ), самості́йність f (samostíjnistʹ)
- Urdu: آزادی (ur) f (āzādī), استقلال (istiqlāl)
- Uyghur: مۇستەقىللىق (musteqilliq)
- Uzbek: mustaqillik (uz), ozodlik (uz), istiqlol (uz)
- Vietnamese: độc lập (vi) (獨立)
- Yiddish: אומאָפּהענגיקייט f (umophengikeyt), זעלבשטענדיקייט f (zelbshtendikeyt)
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state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
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