determination : Idioms & Phrases

• noun government of a political unit by its own people
  self-rule; self-government.
  
• noun determination of one's own fate or course of action without compulsion
  

WordNet

Self`-de*ter`mi*na"tion noun

Definitions

1. Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity.

Webster 1913