Meaning & use
independency
An older or formal term for independence, especially political self-government.
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The colonies fought a long war to secure their independency from the crown.
Historians still debate exactly when the territory achieved true independency.
A note on using this word
Independency is now largely archaic; modern English almost always uses independence instead.
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Words with an opposite meaning
dependency
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