Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SELF-DE-TERM-IN-A'TION
SELF-DE-STRUC'TIVESELF-DE-TERM'IN-ING
SELF-DE-TERM-IN-A'TION, n. [self and determination.]
Determination by one's own mind; or determination by its own powers, without extraneous impulse or influence.
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