autonomy
English
Noun
Self-government; freedom to act or function independently.
(label) The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.
(label) The capacity of a system to make a decision about its actions without the involvement of another system or operator.
(label) The status of a church whose highest-ranking bishop is appointed by the patriarch of the mother church, but which is self-governing in all other respects. Compare autocephaly.
Synonyms
* (self-government) nationhood, nationality, sovereignty, independence
Antonyms
* (self-government) dependency, nonautonomy, inoperability
* (capacity to make independent decisions) heteronomy, incapacity
Derived terms
* autonomic
* autonomous, autonomously
indpendence
Not English
Indpendence has no English definition. It may be misspelled.
English words similar to 'indpendence':
indefinite,
independence,
indubitable,
indivisible,
inadvisable,
indifference,
indefensible,
indefinable,
inadvertence,
individuate,
indefeasible,
inadaptable,
inadaptive,
indefectible,
indapamide,
indubitate,
indefensive,
indeprivable,
indivertible,
indefective,
individable,
immediable,
indefinitude,
indeposable,
induplicate,
indefeisible,
individuable
