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autonomy
Self-government with respect to local or internal affairs:
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  1. Self-government with respect to local or internal affairs:
  2. The condition or quality of being autonomous; independence.
  3. The fact or condition of being autonomous; self-government; independence
supremacy
When used with a designation for a particular group, the assertion that the group in question is superior to or should rule over others.
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  1. When used with a designation for a particular group, the assertion that the group in question is superior to or should rule over others.
  2. Power over all others.
  3. Supreme power or authority.
sway
Influence or control:
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  1. Influence or control:
  2. Influence, force, or control
  3. Sovereign power or authority; rule; dominion
independence
(Now Rare) An income sufficient for a livelihood
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  1. (Now Rare) An income sufficient for a livelihood
  2. A city of western Missouri, a suburb of Kansas City. It was a starting point for the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails during the 1800s.
  3. The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference.
self-determination
Determination of one's own fate or course of action without compulsion; free will.
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  1. Determination of one's own fate or course of action without compulsion; free will.
  2. The act or power of making up one's own mind about what to think or do, without outside influence or compulsion
  3. (Politics) The political independence of a people
authority
An accepted source of expert information or advice:
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  1. An accepted source of expert information or advice:
  2. A conclusive statement or decision that may be taken as a guide or precedent.
  3. The power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge.
command
(Comput.) A request entered by means of a keyboard, mouse, etc. to have a particular function performed
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  1. (Comput.) A request entered by means of a keyboard, mouse, etc. to have a particular function performed
  2. An order given with authority.
  3. Power to control or dominate by position
control
A standard of comparison for checking or verifying the results of an experiment. In an experiment to test the effectiveness of a new drug, for example, one group of subjects (the control group) receives an inactive substance or placebo , while a comparison group receives the drug being tested.
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  1. A standard of comparison for checking or verifying the results of an experiment. In an experiment to test the effectiveness of a new drug, for example, one group of subjects (the control group) receives an inactive substance or placebo , while a comparison group receives the drug being tested.
  2. The act or fact of controlling; power to direct or regulate; ability to use effectively
  3. Authority or ability to manage or direct:
domination
A dominating or being dominated; rule; control; ascendancy
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  1. A dominating or being dominated; rule; control; ascendancy
  2. Control or power over another or others.
  3. The exercise of such control or power.
dominion
Control or the exercise of control; sovereignty:
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  1. Control or the exercise of control; sovereignty:
  2. A territory or sphere of influence or control; a realm.
  3. Rule or power to rule; sovereign authority; sovereignty
jurisdiction
The administering of justice; authority or legal power to hear and decide cases
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  1. The administering of justice; authority or legal power to hear and decide cases
  2. The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate.
  3. The geographical area within which a government’s or a court’s power may be applied.
mastery
Masterly ability; expert skill or knowledge
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  1. Masterly ability; expert skill or knowledge
  2. Full command of a subject of study:
  3. The status of master or ruler; control:
might
Great power or force, as of a nation or army.
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  1. Great power or force, as of a nation or army.
  2. Strength or power of any degree
  3. Physical strength:
power
National might or political strength
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  1. National might or political strength
  2. The ability to control others; authority; sway; influence
  3. The ability or capacity to act or do something effectively:
prerogative
(Obs.) Priority or precedence
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  1. (Obs.) Priority or precedence
  2. A prior or exclusive right or privilege, esp. one peculiar to a rank, class, etc.
  3. The exclusive right and power to command, decide, rule, or judge:
sway
Influence or control:
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  1. Influence or control:
  2. Influence, force, or control
  3. Sovereign power or authority; rule; dominion
say-so
A person's word, opinion, assurance, etc.
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  1. A person's word, opinion, assurance, etc.
  2. An expression of permission or approval:
  3. The right or authority to decide:
autonomy
Self-government with respect to local or internal affairs:
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  1. Self-government with respect to local or internal affairs:
  2. The condition or quality of being autonomous; independence.
  3. The fact or condition of being autonomous; self-government; independence
freedom
Exemption or liberation from the control of some other person or some arbitrary power; liberty; independence
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  1. Exemption or liberation from the control of some other person or some arbitrary power; liberty; independence
  2. Exemption from arbitrary restrictions on a specified civil right; civil or political liberty
  3. The condition of not being subject to a despotic or oppressive power; civil liberty.
independence
(Now Rare) An income sufficient for a livelihood
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  1. (Now Rare) An income sufficient for a livelihood
  2. A city of western Missouri, a suburb of Kansas City. It was a starting point for the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails during the 1800s.
  3. The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference.
independency
An independent territory or state.
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  1. An independent territory or state.
  2. (Ecclesiastical history) The principle that each individual religious congregation is from any external ecclesiastical control, as by a bishop.
  3. Independence.
liberty
Freedom or release from slavery, imprisonment, captivity, or any other form of arbitrary control
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  1. Freedom or release from slavery, imprisonment, captivity, or any other form of arbitrary control
  2. A right to engage in certain actions without control or interference by a government or other power:
  3. Freedom from government or private interference or constraints.
self-government
Government of a group by the action of its own members, as in electing representatives to make its laws
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  1. Government of a group by the action of its own members, as in electing representatives to make its laws
  2. Popular or representative government; democracy.
  3. Political independence; autonomy.
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  • He trained her to look on her future sovereignty as an engagement to make religion respected.

  • Such hints as these indicate the impossibility of recovering a complete picture of the Jews during the sovereignty of the Greeks, which the Talmudists regard as the dark age, best left in oblivion.

  • The United States, on assuming sovereignty over Tutuila and the islands E.

  • In Isaiah both aspects - divine universal sovereignty and justice, taught by Amos, and divine loving-kindness to Israel and God's claims on His people's allegiance, taught by Hosea - are fully expressed.

  • The sovereignty of Holland and Zeeland was offered to the queen of England, but she, though promising secret support, declined.

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