freedom

6 definitions found

freedom - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Freedom \Free"dom\ (fr[=e]"d[u^]m), n. [AS. fre['o]d[=o]m;
     fre['o]free + -dom. See Free, and -dom.]
     1. The state of being free; exemption from the power and
        control of another; liberty; independence.
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              Made captive, yet deserving freedom more. --Milton.
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     2. Privileges; franchises; immunities.
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              Your charter and your caty's freedom. --Shak.
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     3. Exemption from necessity, in choise and action; as, the
        freedom of the will.
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     4. Ease; facility; as, he speaks or acts with freedom.
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     5. Frankness; openness; unreservedness.
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              I emboldened spake and freedom used.  --Milton.
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     6. Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum;
        license.
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     7. Generosity; liberality. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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     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.
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freedom - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  freedom
      n 1: the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or
           think without externally imposed restraints
      2: immunity from an obligation or duty [syn: exemption,
         freedom]

freedom - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Freedom
  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).

freedom - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Freedom, CA (CDP, FIPS 25576)
    Location: 36.94003 N, 121.78932 W
    Population (1990): 8361 (2374 housing units)
    Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 95019
  Freedom, IN
    Zip code(s): 47431
  Freedom, ME
    Zip code(s): 04941
  Freedom, NH
    Zip code(s): 03836
  Freedom, NY
    Zip code(s): 14065
  Freedom, OK (town, FIPS 27850)
    Location: 36.76652 N, 99.11256 W
    Population (1990): 264 (147 housing units)
    Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 73842
  Freedom, PA (borough, FIPS 27712)
    Location: 40.68465 N, 80.25336 W
    Population (1990): 1897 (774 housing units)
    Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 15042
  Freedom, WY
    Zip code(s): 83120

freedom - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  FREEDOM, Liberty; the right to do what is not forbidden by law. Freedom does 
  not preclude the idea of subjection to law; indeed, it presupposes the 
  existence of some legislative provision, the observance of which insures 
  freedom to us, by securing the like observance from others. 2 Har. Cond. L. 
  R. 208. 
  
  

freedom - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  147 Moby Thesaurus words for "freedom":
     arrogance, artlessness, audaciousness, audacity, authority,
     authorization, autonomy, bigheartedness, blank check, bluffness,
     bluntness, boldness, bounteousness, bountifulness, bounty, brass,
     brazenness, broadness, brusqueness, candidness, candor,
     carte blanche, clarity, clear coast, clear road, compass,
     convenience, copyright, deliverance, deregulation, directness,
     discretion, dispensation, disrespect, ease, easiness, easy going,
     easy purse strings, effortlessness, emancipation, exemption,
     facileness, facility, favor, forthrightness, forwardness,
     franchise, frankness, free hand, free time, freehandedness,
     freeheartedness, freeness, gall, generosity, generousness,
     genuineness, givingness, goof-off time, graciousness, grant,
     great heart, greatheartedness, highroad, honesty, hospitality,
     idle hours, immunity, impertinence, impudence, independence,
     indulgence, ingenuousness, intelligibility, lack of hindrance,
     largeheartedness, largeness, largess, latitude, leisure,
     liberality, liberalness, liberation, liberty, license, magnanimity,
     manumission, margin, munificence, naturalness, nerve, odd moments,
     open hand, open heart, openhandedness, openheartedness, openness,
     outspokenness, patent, permission, plain dealing, plain sailing,
     plain speaking, plainness, plainspokenness, plane sailing, play,
     power, prerogative, presumption, presumptuousness, privilege,
     range, release, relief, repose, rest, retirement, right, roundness,
     royal road, scope, self-determination, self-direction,
     self-government, semiretirement, simplicity, sincerity,
     smooth road, smooth sailing, smoothness, spare time, special favor,
     straight sailing, straightforwardness, sweep, time, time to kill,
     time to spare, uncomplexity, uncomplicatedness, unconstraint,
     unreserve, unrestraint, unselfishness, warrant, welcome