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autonomy
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autonomy /au·ton·o·my/ (aw-ton´ah-me) the state of functioning independently, without extraneous influence.auton´omous
autonomy (·tˑ·n·mē),
n a principle of medical ethics according to which a person should respect the rights of other individuals to freely determine their own choices and decisions.

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I tell you all of this for naught," says Davis, after describing the autonomies in the 2003 MOU.
Father Pascual: On the kind of relationship that the Church promotes with the world of science, John Paul II said the collaboration between religion and science becomes a gain for both, without violating in any way the respective autonomies.
Teasing out analogies in such a multiplex region is a daunting task: autonomies and convergences slice through each other, resulting in cultural minced meat.
 
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