Autonomy and Compulsion

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Autonomy noun - The act or power of making one's own choices or decisions.

Usage example: the director agreed to make the film only on the condition that she be given complete autonomy for the casting

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Compulsion is an antonym for autonomy.

Compulsion noun - The use of power to impose one's will on another.

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Autonomy is an antonym for compulsion.

female	female autonomy	female compulsion
sexual	sexual autonomy	sexual compulsion
moral	moral autonomy	moral compulsion
new	new autonomy	new compulsion
Other adjectives: mental, greater, basic, cultural, full-blown.

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