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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Autonomy \Au*ton"o*my\, n. [Gr. ?: cf F. autonomie See {Autonomous}.] 1. The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state. 2. (Metaph.) The sovereignty of reason in the sphere of morals; or man's power, as possessed of reason, to give law to himself. In this according to Kant, consist the true nature and only possible proof of liberty. --Fleming. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: autonomy n 1: immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence [syn: {liberty}] 2: personal independence [syn: {self-direction}, {self-reliance}, {self-sufficiency}]
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