HOME RULE Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the phrase home rule. (close relations)
Definition of HOME RULE
Best Alternative Words for HOME RULE
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autonomy | nounn | |||||||
noun • immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence • personal independence | ||||||||
devolution | nounn | |||||||
noun • the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality • the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government) | ||||||||
independence | nounn | |||||||
noun • a city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail • freedom from control or influence of another or others • the successful ending of the American Revolution | ||||||||
self-determination | nounn | |||||||
noun • government of a political unit by its own people • determination of one's own fate or course of action without compulsion | ||||||||
self-government | nounn | |||||||
noun • government of a political unit by its own people | ||||||||
sovereignty | nounn | |||||||
noun • government free from external control • royal authority; the dominion of a monarch • the authority of a state to govern another state |