自律|じりつjiritsu[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounautonomy; self-control; self-discipline
2. noun, philosophyautonomy (in Kantian ethics)

• Synonym自主じしゅNeutralEmphasizes deciding and acting on your own initiative rather than self-restraint, as in 「自主練習」.
• Related自立じりつNeutralA homophone of 「自律」: it means standing on your own, especially financially, without relying on others, while 「自律」 is about self-restraint and control.
• Related自治じちWrittenWritten/formal term for self-government: a group or region running its own affairs, as in 「地方自治」.
• Antonym他律たりつWrittenThe opposite of self-restraining 「自律」: acting under outside rules or orders rather than your own will; a formal term used in ethics.

Use 「自律」 for self-restraint and self-management, as in 「自律心」 or 「自律した生活」. For economic independence use 「自立」; for deciding things yourself, 「自主」; for a group or region governing itself, 「自治」. The opposite is 「他律」.

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1. 自みずからが決きめること。自みずからが自みずからを制御せいぎょすること。