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Self-determination

Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity.

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Autonomy 76% connected

The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state.

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Discretion 76% connected

Disjunction; separation.

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Free will 76% connected

A will free from improper coercion or restraint.

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Liberty 76% connected

The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; -- opposed to sla…

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Sovereignty 76% connected

The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a sovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme power; dominion; sway; supremacy; in…

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Self-government 92% connected

The act of governing one's self, or the state of being governed by one's self; self-control; self-command.

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Advisability noun · 86% connection

the quality of being advisable; "they questioned the advisability of our policy"

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Balance noun · 86% connection

equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

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Cogency noun · 86% connection

the quality of being valid and rigorous

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Consistency noun · 86% connection

(logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one…

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Equality noun · 86% connection

the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status

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Equivalence noun · 86% connection

essential equality and interchangeability

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Evenness noun · 86% connection

the quality of being balanced

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Illegality noun · 86% connection

unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute

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Infection noun · 86% connection

(international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure

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Isometry noun · 86% connection

equality of measure (e.g., equality of height above sea level or equality of loudness etc.)

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Jurisdiction noun · 86% connection

(law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law; "courts having jurisdiction in this district"

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Lawlessness noun · 86% connection

illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law

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Legal power noun · 86% connection

(law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law; "courts having jurisdiction in this district"

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Legality noun · 86% connection

lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute

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Legitimacy noun · 86% connection

lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law

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Non-canonicity noun · 86% connection

The quality or state of not being canonical, of not conforming to a general rule or common procedure.; "This holds minor literature ho…

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Outlawry noun · 86% connection

illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law

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Removability noun · 86% connection

The state of being able to be dismissed from office.; "The ‘democratic revolution’ emphasized the delegation of authority and the remo…

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Action noun · 78% connection

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body a…

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Choice noun · 78% connection

Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of th…

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Chorus noun · 78% connection

A company of persons supposed to behold what passed in the acts of a tragedy, and to sing the sentiments which the events suggested in…

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Circuit noun · 78% connection

(law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different lo…

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Coercion noun · 78% connection

The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act produce…

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Communicating noun · 78% connection

the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: determination, self, acts, states, necessitating.
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Communication noun · 78% connection

the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow"

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Coriolis force noun · 78% connection

(physics) a force due to the earth's rotation; acts on a body in motion (airplane or projectile) in a rotating reference frame; in a r…

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Course noun · 78% connection

A series of motions or acts arranged in order; a succession of acts or practices connectedly followed; as, a course of medicine; a cou…

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Deaden adjective · 78% connection

To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the n…

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Determination noun · 78% connection

The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.; as, the determination of the o…

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Dexterity noun · 78% connection

Readiness and grace in physical activity; skill and ease in using the hands; expertness in manual acts; as, dexterity with the chisel.

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Egotism noun · 78% connection

The practice of too frequently using the word I; hence, a speaking or writing overmuch of one's self; self-exaltation; self-praise; th…

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