Dictionary Check: autonomous

"autonomous" is a valid word!

Scrabble 12 points
Words with Friends 16 points

Definition

adjective

(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces

Example: "an autonomous judiciary"
adjective

existing as an independent entity

Example: "the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies"
adjective

(of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment

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