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ed by something; subjection (as of an effect to its cause). The cause of effects, and the dependence of one thing upon another. Bp. Burnet.

An appendage; that which depends on something else, or is distinct from the main dependence; an accessory. Shak.

The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by, others; self- subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference. Let fortune do her worst, . . . as long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence. Pope.…

ed States, a holiday, the 4th of July, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on that day in 1776.

Mutual dependence. "The interdependence of virtue and knowledge." M. Arnold.

r the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. The abandonment of the independence of Europe. Burke.

Loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other being; self-existent; self-sufficing.

The quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness.

estate; land which is the absolute property of the owner; real estate held in absolute independence, without being subject to any rent, service, or acknowledgment to a superior. It is thus opposed to feud. Blackstone. Bouvier.

Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety. Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul. Heb. vi. 19.

vent took place, or is wont to be celebrated; as, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy. Barlow.

The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state.

f power among sovereign states that no one state is in a position to interfere with the independence of the others; international equilibrium; also, the ability ( of a state or a third party within a state) to control the relations between sovereign states or between dominant parties in a state. -- Balance sheet (Book…

The physiological individual, characterized by definiteness and independence of function, in distinction from the morphological individual or morphon.

mbers to chance. -- Calculus of variations, a branch of mathematics in which the laws of dependence which bind the variable quantities together are themselves subject to change. -- Differential calculus, a method of investigating mathematical questions by using the ratio of certain indefinitely small quantities calle…

ment or appeal arising from the circumstances of the case; a moral requirement or appeal. Dependence is a perpetual call upon hummanity. Addison. Running into danger without any call of duty. Macaulay.

Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; as, he has a great deal of character.

Connection or dependence, proceeding from the subordination of the parts of a thing to one principle or purpose, as in the parts of a discourse, or of a system of philosophy; consecutiveness. Coherence of discourse, and a direct tendency of all the parts of it to the argument in hand, are most eminently to be found in…

Logical agreement and dependence; as, the cohesion of ideas. Locke.