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autonomous s. [
independent, self-governing, sovereign] (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state"
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autonomous s. existing as an independent entity; "the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies"
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autonomous s. [
self-directed, self-reliant] (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment
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