- (n.) Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat.
- (n.) Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy.
- (n.) Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy.
- (n.) The action of the vital principle or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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