Independent
Independent adjective - Able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help.
Liable to is an antonym for independent.
Liable to
Both terms in one sentence
- Technically independent and in charge of its own affairs, but in reality if it tries anything without the say-so of the government of the nation in charge of it its liable to end up occupied again.
Source: Puppet State
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Liable to and Independent. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/independent/liable_to
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