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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