noun [U] (formal)
1 ~ (over sth) complete power to govern a country:
The country claimed sovereignty over the island. * the sovereignty of Parliament * (figurative) the idea of consumer sovereignty
2 the state of being a country with freedom to govern itself:
The declaration proclaimed the full sovereignty of the republic.
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