autonomy, liberty
(noun) immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
autonomy, self-direction, self-reliance, self-sufficiency
(noun) personal independence
Source: WordNet® 3.1
autonomy (countable and uncountable, plural autonomies)
Self-government; freedom to act or function independently.
(philosophy) The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.
(mechanics) The capacity of a system to make a decision about its actions without the involvement of another system or operator.
(Christianity) 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.
• (self-government): See sovereignty
• (self-government): dependency, nonautonomy, inoperability
• (capacity to make independent decisions): heteronomy, incapacity
Source: Wiktionary
Au*ton"o*my, n. Etym: [Gr. autonomie. See Autonomous.]
1. The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state.
2. (Metaph.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 May 2025
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
