Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: autonomy  o'tó-nu-mee
  1. Immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
    - liberty
     
  2. Personal independence
    - self-direction, self-reliance, self-sufficiency
     
  3. The capacity of a system to make its own decisions about its actions

Derived forms: autonomies

Type of: independence, independency

Encyclopedia: Autonomy

Nearest

automotive engineering
automotive technology
automotive vehicle
automysophobia
autonomic
autonomic ganglion
autonomic nervous system
autonomic plexus
autonomous
autonomously
autonomy
autophyte
autophytic
autophytic plant
autopilot
autopista
autoplastic
autoplasty
autopoiesis
autopsy
autoradiograph