Bible Dictionaries
Autonomy
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state.
(2):
(n.) 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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Autonomy'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/autonomy.html. 1828.