Ĭn/de-pĕnd'ent1, a.
a. [Prefix in, not, and dependent; It. independente, Sp. independiente, independiente, Fr. indépendant.]
Sense 1. Not dependent; not subject to the control of others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent, even in property, and none independent for the supply of their wants.
Sense 2. Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property.
Sense 3. Not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious; self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind.
Sense 4. Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence; free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or manner.
Sense 5. Separate from; exclusive.
I mean the account of that obligation in general, under which we conceive ourselves bound to obey a law, independent of those resources which the law provides for its own enforcement. Ward.
Sense 6. (Eccl.) Belonging or pertaining to the Independents.
Sense 7. (Math.) Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to value or rate of variation; — said of quantities or functions.
Independent is followed by of or on, but of is most common.