Noun > Independence
1 : freedom from outside control or support : the state of being independent
(noncount)
They are fighting for independence from colonial rule. (=fighting because they want to stop being a colony ruled by another country)
Her ambition is to achieve financial independence. (=to earn all the money she needs; to not depend on money given by anyone else)
She asserted her independence from her parents by getting her own apartment.
The country declared (its) independence. (=said that it would no longer accept the rule of another country)
a war of independence (=a war that is fought to gain independence)
(singular)
He has shown a fierce independence of spirit/thought.
2 : (noncount) : the time when a country or region gains political freedom from outside control
A month after independence, elections were held.