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independent implies a standing alone; applied to a state it implies lack of connection with any other having power to interfere with its citizens, laws, or policies.
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contract (third-person singular simple present contracts, present participle contracting, simple past and past participle contracted) (ambitransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
26 契約 を 取り決める 例文 to close a contract 27 拘束力 がある 契約 例文 a binding contract 28 契約 を行う 例文 to keep to one's agreement ― abide by one's agreement 29 契約条件.
From Late 中期 英語 contraccioun, contraxion (“ spasm, contraction; constriction, shrinking; act of pressing together ”), from Old French contraction (modern French contraction), from Latin contractiō (n) (“a drawing together, contraction; abridgement, shortening; dejection, despondency ”), from contrahō (“ to draw things ...