Definitions for Freedom
Freedom
free·dom
Spelling: [free-duh m]
IPA: /ˈfri dəm/
Freedom is a 7 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.
You can make 143 anagrams from letters in Freedom (deefmor).
Definitions for Freedom
noun
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the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint:
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exemption from external control, interference, regulation, etc.
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the power to determine action without restraint.
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political or national independence.
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personal liberty, as opposed to bondage or slavery:
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exemption from the presence of anything specified (usually followed by from):
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the absence of or release from ties, obligations, etc.
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ease or facility of movement or action:
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frankness of manner or speech.
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general exemption or immunity:
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the absence of ceremony or reserve.
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a liberty taken.
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a particular immunity or privilege enjoyed, as by a city or corporation:
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civil liberty, as opposed to subjection to an arbitrary or despotic government.
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the right to enjoy all the privileges or special rights of citizenship, membership, etc., in a community or the like.
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the right to frequent, enjoy, or use at will:
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Philosophy. the power to exercise choice and make decisions without constraint from within or without; autonomy; self-determination.
Compare necessity (def 7).
Origin of Freedom
before 900; Middle English fredom, Old English frēodōm. See free, -dom
Examples for Freedom
It was also an attack on our freedom of expression and way of life.
The spirit and the gifts of freedom ill assort with the condition of a slave.
Under the eternal urge of freedom we became an independent Nation.
The cause of freedom owes her much; the country owes her much.
It seems to me that life is no life, but living death, without that freedom!
It was something ineffable and harder to define: freedom of speech.
Because we are free we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere.
The more we appease, the more we indulge, the more emboldened the enemies of freedom become.
freedom of speech, then, is sometimes not worth the trouble that comes with it.
Police, their representatives and supporters tell us, ensure our freedom of speech through our ability to protest.