[ɔːˈtɒnəmi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the right or condition of self-government
(e.g: between the First and Second World Wars, Canada gained greater autonomy from Britain)

- (in Kantian moral philosophy) the capacity of an agent to act in accordance with objective morality rather than under the influence of desires


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Origin:
early 17th century: from Greek autonomia, from autonomos ‘having its own laws’, from autos ‘self’ + nomos ‘law’