home rule

home rule
    n 1: self-government in local matters by a city or county that
         is part of a national government
    

Home \Home\, a.
   1. Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic;
      not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. (Games) In various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a
      progress; goal; as:
      (a) (Baseball) The plate at which the batter stands; same
          as {home base} and {home plate}.
      (b) (Lacrosse) The place of a player in front of an
          opponent's goal; also, the player.
          [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   {Home base} or {Home plate} (Baseball), the base at which the
      batter stands when batting, and which is the last base to
      be reached in scoring a run.

   {Home farm}, {grounds}, etc., the farm, grounds, etc.,
      adjacent to the residence of the owner.

   {Home lot}, an inclosed plot on which the owner's home
      stands. [U. S.]

   {Home rule}, rule or government of an appendent or dependent
      country, as to all local and internal legislation, by
      means of a governing power vested in the people within the
      country itself, in contradistinction to a government
      established by the dominant country; as, home rule in
      Ireland. Also used adjectively; as, home-rule members of
      Parliament.

   {Home ruler}, one who favors or advocates home rule.

   {Home stretch} (Sport.), that part of a race course between
      the last curve and the winning post.

   {Home thrust}, a well directed or effective thrust; one that
      wounds in a vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal
      attack.
      [1913 Webster]
    

67 Moby Thesaurus words for "home rule":
      Declaration of Independence, absolute monarchy, aristocracy,
      autarchy, autarky, autocracy, autonomy, coalition government,
      colonialism, commonwealth, constitutional government,
      constitutional monarchy, democracy, dictatorship, dominion rule,
      duarchy, duumvirate, dyarchy, federal government, federation,
      feudal system, garrison state, gerontocracy, heteronomy, hierarchy,
      hierocracy, independence, individualism, inner-direction,
      limited monarchy, martial law, meritocracy, militarism,
      military government, mob rule, mobocracy, monarchy, neocolonialism,
      ochlocracy, oligarchy, pantisocracy, patriarchate, patriarchy,
      police state, pure democracy, regency, representative democracy,
      representative government, republic, rugged individualism,
      self-containment, self-determination, self-direction,
      self-government, self-reliance, self-sufficiency, social democracy,
      stratocracy, technocracy, thearchy, theocracy,
      totalitarian government, totalitarian regime, triarchy,
      triumvirate, tyranny, welfare state