AUTONOMIES
12
Scrabble
15
WWF
A(1) U(1) T(1) O(1) N(1) O(1) M(3) I(1) E(1) S(1)
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Definition
noun
- Self-government; freedom to act or function independently.
- The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.
- The capacity of a system to make a decision about its actions without the involvement of another system or operator.
- 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.
Source: Wiktionary