autonomies

noun

plural of autonomy
1
as in choices
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

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2
as in freedoms
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

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  1. choices
  2. freedoms
  3. sovereignties
  4. independences
  5. liberties
Noun
  • Missing clubs, a broken hand, immense shame and embarrassment for a life’s worth of selfish choices — nothing can keep him off the course.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 July 2026
  • Parenting advice has changed so much in even the last two decades that folks from older generations who raised seemingly healthy kids might feel left behind, embarrassed by their outdated opinions, or defensive of their own parenting choices.
    — Parents, Parents, 16 July 2026
Definition of choices
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  • Otero Alcántara has been the highest profile dissident jailed in Cuba since the July 11, 2021, protests over Cuba’s lack of freedoms and worsening economy.
    — Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • In recent years, those freedoms have been demonized, Levinson acknowledged, which is why people can’t take democracy for granted.
    — Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026
Definition of freedoms
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  • The Black Sea region stands out as a canvas of chokepoints and competing sovereignties, of energy routes and grain corridors, of overlapping jurisdictions and unresolved conflicts.
    — Galip Dalay, Time, 19 Aug. 2025
Definition of sovereignties
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  • Kings were killed, rights proclaimed, independences declared.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Definition of independences
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  • Public safety and constitutional liberties should reinforce one another, not come into conflict.
    — Eric "Doc" Stelnicki, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026
  • Once that classroom discussion begins, academics will surely have some more words for all the creative liberties Nolan’s movie takes.
    — Antonio Ferme, Variety, 18 July 2026
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