noun
1. government free from external control (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms: ↑self-government, ↑self-determination, ↑self-rule
2. royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
• Syn: ↑reign
3. the authority of a state to govern another state
• Hypernyms: ↑authority, ↑authorization, ↑authorisation, ↑potency, ↑dominance, ↑say-so
Useful english dictionary. 2012.