Autonomous - Definition

adj 1: (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces;
"an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state" [syn:
autonomous, independent, self-governing,
sovereign]
2: existing as an independent entity; "the partitioning of India
created two separate and autonomous jute economies"
3: (of persons) free from external control and constraint in
e.g. action and judgment [syn: autonomous, self-directed,
self-reliant]