Autonomy and Imprisonment

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Autonomy

Autonomy noun - The state of being free from the control or power of another.

Usage example: finding the mother country's treatment of them oppressive and intolerable, the 13 British colonies made the momentous decision to seek autonomy

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Synonyms for Autonomy

Antonyms for Autonomy

Imprisonment is an antonym for autonomy.

Nearby Words: autonomous, autonomously, autonomist

Imprisonment

Imprisonment noun - The act of confining or the state of being confined.

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Synonyms for Imprisonment

Antonyms for Imprisonment

Autonomy is an antonym for imprisonment.

Nearby Words: imprison, imprisoned, imprisoning

How words are described

human	human autonomy	human imprisonment
full	full autonomy	full imprisonment
complete	complete autonomy	complete imprisonment
simple	simple autonomy	simple imprisonment
Other adjectives: personal, new, military, financial, long-term.

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