Autonomy

Noun

 * 1) Self-government
 * 2)  The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.
 * 3)  The capacity of a system to make a decision about its actions without the involvement of another system or operator.

Synonyms

 * nationhood, nationality, sovereignty, independence

Antonyms

 * dependency, nonautonomy
 * heteronomy

Derived terms

 * autonomic
 * autonomous, autonomously

Thesaurus
Declaration of Independence; absolute monarchy; aristocracy; autarchy; autarky; autocracy; autonomousness; coalition government; colonialism; commonwealth; constitutional government; constitutional monarchy; democracy; dictatorship; dominion rule; duarchy; duumvirate; dyarchy; federal government; federation; feudal system; free will; garrison state; gerontocracy; gratuitousness; heteronomy; hierarchy; hierocracy; home rule; independence; individualism; inner-direction; limited monarchy; martial law; meritocracy; militarism; military government; mob rule; mobocracy; monarchy; neocolonialism; ochlocracy; oligarchy; pantisocracy; patriarchate; patriarchy; police state; pure democracy; regency; representative democracy; representative government; republic; rugged individualism; self-action; self-activity; self-containment; self-determination; self-direction; self-government; self-reliance; self-sufficiency; social democracy; spontaneity; spontaneousness; stratocracy; technocracy; thearchy; theocracy; totalitarian government; totalitarian regime; triarchy; triumvirate; tyranny; unforcedness; voluntariness; voluntarism; voluntaryism; volunteer; volunteering; welfare state