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10 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
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).
From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:
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.
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
FREEDOM, n. Exemption from the stress of authority in a beggarly half
dozen of restraint's infinite multitude of methods. A political
condition that every nation supposes itself to enjoy in virtual
monopoly. Liberty. The distinction between freedom and liberty is
not accurately known; naturalists have never been able to find a
living specimen of either.
Freedom, as every schoolboy knows,
Once shrieked as Kosciusko fell;
On every wind, indeed, that blows
I hear her yell.
She screams whenever monarchs meet,
And parliaments as well,
To bind the chains about her feet
And toll her knell.
And when the sovereign people cast
The votes they cannot spell,
Upon the pestilential blast
Her clamors swell.
For all to whom the power's given
To sway or to compel,
Among themselves apportion Heaven
And give her Hell.
Blary O'Gary
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Freedom, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California
Population (2000): 6000
Housing Units (2000): 1619
Land area (2000): 1.339288 sq. miles (3.468739 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.339288 sq. miles (3.468739 sq. km)
FIPS code: 25576
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 36.940452 N, 121.789376 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 95019
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Freedom, CA
Freedom
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Freedom, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 271
Housing Units (2000): 129
Land area (2000): 0.348896 sq. miles (0.903637 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.348896 sq. miles (0.903637 sq. km)
FIPS code: 27850
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 36.769179 N, 99.113415 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 73842
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Freedom, OK
Freedom
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Freedom, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 1763
Housing Units (2000): 731
Land area (2000): 0.590739 sq. miles (1.530006 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.128199 sq. miles (0.332035 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.718938 sq. miles (1.862041 sq. km)
FIPS code: 27712
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.684316 N, 80.251667 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 15042
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Freedom, PA
Freedom
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