independency

Questions about independency

What does independency mean?

independency means "freedom from control or influence of another or others".

How many syllables are in independency?

independency has 5 syllables: in-de-pen-den-cy. The stress falls on "pen".

What is another word for independency?

Close synonyms include independence. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is independency a common word?

independency is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.