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autonomy
autonomy
noun
Definition of AUTONOMY
1
the act or power of making one's own choices or decisions <the director agreed to make the film only on the condition that she be given complete autonomy for the casting>
Related Words election, preference, selection; bent, devices, disposition, inclination, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency; alternative, discretion, option, pick, way
2
the state of being free from the control or power of another <finding the mother country's treatment of them oppressive and intolerable, the 13 British colonies made the momentous decision to seek autonomy>
Synonyms autonomy, independence, independency, liberty, self-determination, self-governance, self-government, sovereignty (also sovranty)
Near Antonyms captivity, enchainment, enslavement, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration, internment, subjugation
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