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autonomous

adjective
  1. (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment
    self-directedself-reliant
  2. existing as an independent entity
    “the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies”
  3. of political bodies, not controlled by outside forces
    “The autonomous group was called in to investigate corruption.”
    independent