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  1. 1. n. The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state. Source: opted
  2. 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. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence Source: wordnet
  4. 4. n. personal independence Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 1. The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state. 2. (Metaph.) 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. Fleming. Source: webster
  6. 6. The sovereignty of reason in the sphere of morals; or man'spower, as possessed of reason, to give law to himself. In this,according to Kant, consist the true nature and only possible proof ofliberty. Fleming. Source: adambom
  7. 7. n:100 n. immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence n. personal independence Source: ecdict

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