Associations to the word «Sovereignty»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

SOVEREIGNTY, noun. Government free from external control.
SOVEREIGNTY, noun. Royal authority; the dominion of a monarch.
SOVEREIGNTY, noun. The authority of a state to govern another state.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin