freedoms'
dəm noun
1.
2.
exemption from external control, interference, regulation, etc.
3.
the power to determine action without restraint.
4.
political or national independence.
5.
personal liberty, as opposed to bondage or slavery: a slave who bought his freedom.
6.
exemption from the presence of anything specified (usually followed by from ): freedom from fear.
7.
the absence of or release from ties, obligations, etc.
8.
ease or facility of movement or action: to enjoy the freedom of living in the country.
9.
frankness of manner or speech.
10.
general exemption or immunity: freedom from taxation.
11.
the absence of ceremony or reserve.
12.
a liberty taken.
13.
a particular immunity or privilege enjoyed, as by a city or corporation: freedom to levy taxes.
14.
civil liberty, as opposed to subjection to an arbitrary or despotic government.
15.
the right to enjoy all the privileges or special rights of citizenship, membership, etc., in a community or the like.
16.
the right to frequent, enjoy, or use at will: to have the freedom of a friend's library.
17.
Related forms
non·free·dom, noun
o·ver·free·dom, noun
un·free·dom, noun
Synonyms
1. Freedom, independence, liberty refer to an absence of undue restrictions and an opportunity to exercise one's rights and powers. Freedom emphasizes the opportunity given for the exercise of one's rights, powers, desires, or the like: freedom of speech or conscience; freedom of movement. Independence implies not only lack of restrictions but also the ability to stand alone, unsustained by anything else: Independence of thought promotes invention and discovery. Liberty though most often interchanged with freedom is also used to imply undue exercise of freedom: He took liberties with the text. 9. openness, ingenuousness. 12. license. 16. run.
1. Freedom, independence, liberty refer to an absence of undue restrictions and an opportunity to exercise one's rights and powers. Freedom emphasizes the opportunity given for the exercise of one's rights, powers, desires, or the like: freedom of speech or conscience; freedom of movement. Independence implies not only lack of restrictions but also the ability to stand alone, unsustained by anything else: Independence of thought promotes invention and discovery. Liberty though most often interchanged with freedom is also used to imply undue exercise of freedom: He took liberties with the text. 9. openness, ingenuousness. 12. license. 16. run.
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World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| 1. | personal liberty, as from slavery, bondage, serfdom, etc |
| 2. | liberation or deliverance, as from confinement or bondage |
| 3. | the quality or state of being free, esp to enjoy political and civil liberties |
| 4. | ( |
| 5. | the right or privilege of unrestricted use or access: the freedom of a city |
| 6. | autonomy, self-government, or independence |
| 7. | the power or liberty to order one's own actions |
| 8. | philosophy the quality, esp of the will or the individual, of not being totally constrained; able to choose between alternative actions in identical circumstances |
| 9. | ease or frankness of manner; candour: she talked with complete freedom |
| 10. | excessive familiarity of manner; boldness |
| 11. | ease and grace, as of movement; lack of effort |
| [Old English frēodōm] | |
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Word Origin & History
freedom
O.E. freodom (see free). Freedom-rider recorded 1961, in ref. to civil rights activists in U.S. trying to integrate bus lines.
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Bible Dictionary
Freedom definition
The law of Moses pointed out the cases in which the servants of the Hebrews were to receive their freedom (Ex. 21:2-4, 7, 8; Lev. 25:39-42, 47-55; Deut. 15:12-18). Under the Roman law the "freeman" (ingenuus) was one born free; the "freedman" (libertinus) was a manumitted slave, and had not equal rights with the freeman (Acts 22:28; comp. Acts 16:37-39; 21:39; 22:25; 25:11, 12).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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