I was waiting for the right time to write about this ! Had a wish to be independent of my parents (which was majorly concerned of financial freedom) this point lead me to the thought of understanding the real definition of independence.Then I did the same thing, that anyone one of us do these days- ' googled it ! '. It was something like this : independence /ɪndɪˈpɛnd(ə)ns/ Learn to pronounce noun the fact or state of being independent. "Argentina gained independence from Spain in 1816" synonyms: self-government , self-rule , home rule , self-legislation, self-determination , sovereignty , autonomy , non-alignment , freedom , liberty ; More Translate independence to Turn off translation Afrikaans Albanian Amharic Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Bangla Basque Belarusian Bosnian Bulgarian Burmese Catalan Cebuano Chinese (Simplifie...