Hard Water/Soft Water. Whether a water supply is labelled âsoftâ or âhardâ is dependent on the presence of two highly soluble minerals, calcium and magnesium. From a health standpoint, these minerals have no adverse effects and are, in fact, essential daily nutrients.
freedom - the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints. autonomy, liberty - immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence. autarchy, autarky - economic independence as a national policy.
Independence comes from a nice medieval French word, depenre, meaning to hang from, or to hang down.. The in at the beginning is Latin for not, so the word originally meant not hanging from, which is a neat description of what countries achieve by throwing off their colonizers. Teenagers also commonly seek independence from their parents â but perhaps not financial independence.