noun (n)

• immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence(noun.state)

  Synonym:
  liberty
  

  source: wordnet30
• personal independence(noun.state)

  Synonym:
  self-direction, self-reliance, self-sufficiency
  

  source: wordnet30
• The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state.(noun)

  source: webster1913