Synonyms of the word

sovereignty

• n. (of a polity) The state of making laws and controlling resources without the coercion of other nations.
• n. (of a ruler) Supreme authority over all things.
• n. (of a person) The liberty to decide one's thoughts and actions.

authorisation

• n. Alternative spelling of authorization.

authority

• n. ability to decide, control.
• n. (uncountable) The power to enforce rules or give orders.
• n. (used in singular or plural form) Persons in command; specifically, government.
• n. (countable) A person accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject.
• n. Government-owned agency which runs a revenue-generating activity.

authorization

• n. (uncountable) Permission.
• n. (countable) An act of authorizing.
• n. (countable) (A document giving) formal sanction, permission or warrant.
• n. (government) Permission, possibly limited, to spend funds for a specific budgetary purpose.

dominance

• n. The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.
• n. Being in a position of power, authority or ascendancy over others.
• n. (physiology) The superior development of or preference for one side of the body or one of a pair of organs;…
• n. (biology, genetics) The property of a gene such that it suppresses the expression of its allele.

dominion

• n. Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.
• n. predominance; ascendancy.
• n. (sometimes figuratively) A kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence; governed territory.
• n. (historical) One of the dependencies of the British Empire given self-government and eventually independence,…
• n. (Biblical tradition) An order of angel in Christian angelology, ranked above angels and below thrones.

potency

• n. Strength.
• n. Power.
• n. The ability or capacity to perform something.

reign

• n. The exercise of sovereign power.
• n. The period during which a monarch rules.
• n. The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, or to rule as a monarch.

rule

• n. A regulation, law, guideline.
• n. A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
• n. A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as…
• n. A regulating principle.
• n. The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
• n. A normal condition or state of affairs.
• n. (obsolete) Conduct; behaviour.
• n. (law) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or…
• n. (mathematics) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
• n. (printing, dated) A thin plate of brass or other metal, of the same height as the type, and used for printing…
• v. (transitive) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
• v. (slang, intransitive) To excel.
• v. (transitive) To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).
• v. (intransitive) To decide judicially.
• v. (transitive) To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by…

say-so

• n. Statement that something is so.
• n. (informal) Permission.
• n. Say, voice (in a matter).

self-determination

• n. The ability or right to make one's own decisions without interference from others.
• n. (politics) The political independence of a people.

self-government

• n. The governance of a region by its own populace; autonomy.

self-rule

• n. Rule of a group of people by their own leaders as opposed to rule imposed by a foreign government or people.