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