INDEPENDENCY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Freedom from control or influence of another or others

Synonyms:

independence; independency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("independency" is a kind of...):

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

Attribute:

dependent (relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed)

independent (free from external control and constraint)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "independency"):

autonomy; liberty (immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence)

autarchy; autarky (economic independence as a national policy)

separateness (political independence)

Derivation:

independent ((of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces)