noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ great
▪ fierce
▪
She had a fierce ~ of spirit.
▪ complete , full , total
▪ relative
▪
The council's relative ~ of the government means it can negotiate its own agreements.
▪ genuine , real , true
▪ new-found
▪
I didn't appreciate my new-found ~, but instead felt lonely.
▪ growing
▪ local , national
▪ economic , editorial , financial , intellectual , journalistic , judicial , operational ( esp. BrE ), personal , political , professional
▪
the operational ~ of the Bank of England
… OF INDEPENDENCE
▪ degree , measure
VERB + INDEPENDENCE
▪ have
▪
Young people have more ~ these days.
▪ lack
▪ enjoy , value
▪
I value my ~ too much to get married.
▪ display , show
▪
She displayed ~ in choosing a career different from that of her parents.
▪ assert
▪
Edward III tried to assert his ~ of the regime at court.
▪ achieve , attain , gain , win
▪
Mexico achieved ~ from Spain in 1821.
▪ bring (about)
▪
the need to bring ~ to the country
▪
a colonial crisis which brought about ~
▪ declare , proclaim
▪ celebrate
▪
a holiday celebrating the ~ of Nigeria from colonial rule
▪ ensure , maintain , preserve , retain
▪
The army is committed to ensuring the ~ of the country.
▪ compromise
▪
Conflicts of interest might compromise the auditor's ~.
▪ give up , lose
▪
She doesn't want to lose her hard-won ~.
▪ regain , restore
▪ encourage , foster , promote
▪
Parents should encourage ~ in their children.
▪ undermine
▪
Economic aid tends to undermine the national ~ of Third-World countries.
▪ seek
▪ call for , demand
▪ vote for
▪ give sb/sth , grant sb/sth
▪ recognize
▪
They have agreed to recognize the breakaway republic's ~.
INDEPENDENCE + VERB
▪ come
▪
Independence came to the British colonial territories in Africa in the late fifties and early sixties.
INDEPENDENCE + NOUN
▪ day
▪ celebrations
▪ movement
▪ struggle
PREPOSITION
▪ at ~
▪
Namibia became a full member of the UN at ~.
▪ ~ from
▪
~ from Spain
▪ ~ of
▪
the church's ~ of the state
▪
~ of mind
PHRASES
▪ a call for ~
▪
his party's call for Scottish ~
▪ a declaration of ~
▪ a lack of ~ , the loss of ~
▪ a sense of ~
▪
Doing work experience gave me a sense of ~.
▪ the struggle for ~
▪ the time of ~
▪
The drama is set in India at the time of ~.
▪ a war for ~ , a war of ~
▪
the American War of Independence