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Noun: self-determination  'self-di,tur-mu'ney-shun
  1. Government of a political unit by its own people
    - self-government, self-rule
     
  2. Determination of one's own fate or course of action without compulsion

Derived forms: self-determinations

Type of: autonomy, discretion, free will, liberty

Encyclopedia: Self-determination