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autonomy

autonomy Autonomy means independence or self-determination, especially freedom from outside control or restraint.

Autonomy means independence or self-determination, especially freedom from outside control or restraint. In discussions of the will, it can mean either complete freedom or a relative freedom from motives imposed by others, and in Kantian usage it refers to the rational will as giving law to itself.