n. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. autonomie. See Autonomous. ] 1. The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Metaph.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]