freedom
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1.1
- noun
- /ˈfriːdəm/
:
exención
- After years of hard work, he finally achieved his freedom from debt.
Well, I think we should also have a freedom from such things.
- Well, I think we should also have a freedom from such things.
- Trump like freedom from taxes for the rich.
- How do we feel that state of freedom from fear of death?
- So financial freedom is, is like freeing your mind.
Examples
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You need to understand something, no gold, no freedom.
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She felt a sense of freedom when she was no longer tied to her job.
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Well, I think we should also have a freedom from such things.
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Less money, less support, less freedom, less opportunities.
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But that is how much freedom of body matters to people.
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I have work, I have freedom, I can feed myself.
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There is no real freedom in America anymore.
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It's more about the nature of human freedom and moral responsibility.
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It's your blood that screams to me of freedom.
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How much can these entities be expected to support freedom of speech and assembly for their users?
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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3.0
Freedom from control by others, for example when a country is free or a person supports themselves
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4.9
Official protection from legal action or punishment
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5.1
Official permission that frees someone from a rule or duty
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6.7
The right of a region or group to run its own government
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3.5
The right to choose what to think and do without unfair control by others
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3.2
The freedom to act, speak, or think without unnecessary restriction
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
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2.7
The right to say what you think without fear of government punishment
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3.7
A person who uses weapons against a government to gain independence or basic rights
- Formal
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2.8
The right to practice any religion or have no religion without the government stopping you
- Formal
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3.2
The right of newspapers and journalists to report news without government control
- Formal
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4.5
The right of teachers and students in schools and universities to say what they think and study without outside control
- Formal
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3.4
The right to meet peacefully with other people to express views, for example to protest
- Specialized
2
7.4
The number of different ways an object can move or be positioned
- Specialized
1
6.7
The number of values that can change freely in a statistical calculation
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7.6
People who rode buses into the US South to protest laws that kept Black and white people apart
A Basque nationalist group that used violence to seek independence
The right not to suffer torture or very harsh treatment by the government
- Formal
The right to be treated fairly no matter a person's race or sex
Right to stop police from searching you or taking your things without a good reason
The right to refuse to answer questions that could show you committed a crime
- Formal
Ships that carry goods have the right to travel freely in international waters
- Formal
A short speech while people raise glasses to celebrate being free or a new start
How Free
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Freedom comes from an old English word freodom, made of free and the ending -dom. The -dom part means 'state', like in kingdom, so this sense of freedom is the 'state of being free' from a duty or rule.