Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
FREEDOM
freedom
(noun) the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints
exemption, freedom
(noun) immunity from an obligation or duty
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
freedom (countable and uncountable, plural freedoms)
(uncountable) The state of being free, of not being imprisoned or enslaved.
(countable) The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.
Frankness; openness; unreservedness.
Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum.
Usage notes
• Freedom from can be followed by various nouns, typically, fear, want, hunger, pain, hatred, disease, stress, depression, debt, poverty, necessity, violence, war, advertising, addiction, etc.
Synonyms
• liberty
• license
• exemption
Antonyms
• slavery
• imprisonment
• bondage
• constraint
Anagrams
• fordeem
Proper noun
Freedom
A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
Anagrams
• fordeem
Source: Wiktionary
Free"dom, n. Etym: [AS. freód; freófree + -dom. See Free, and -dom.]
1. The state of being free; exemption from the power and control of another; liberty; independence. Made captive, yet deserving freedom more. Milton.
2. Privileges; franchises; immunities. Your charter and your caty's freedom. Shak.
3. Exemption from necessity, in choise and action; as, the freedom of the will.
4. Ease; facility; as, he speaks or acts with freedom.
5. Frankness; openness; unreservedness. I emboldened spake and freedom used. Milton.
6. Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum; license.
7. Generosity; liberality. [Obs.] Chaucer. Freedom fine, a sum paid on entry to incorporations of trades.
– Freedom of the city, the possession of the rights and privileges of a freeman of the city; formerly often, and now occasionally, conferred on one not a resident, as a mark of honorary distinction for public services.
Syn.
– See Liberty.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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