World of the word: freedom

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Freedom is one of the most important values of all. I value freedom almost as much as I value love and other values of my life.

Shavkat

Sweetest word for many people:) Especially when they start to think about their destiny and life goals. Freedom is different concept for everyone. Man and woman, employee and employer, kids and adults, everybody will say different.

Ana

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freedom

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

• n. The condition of being free of restraints.
• n. Liberty of the person from slavery, detention, or oppression.
• n. Political independence.
• n. Exemption from the arbitrary exercise of authority in the performance of a specific action; civil liberty: freedom of assembly.
• n. Exemption from an unpleasant or onerous condition: freedom from want.
• n. The capacity to exercise choice; free will: We have the freedom to do as we please all afternoon.
• n. Ease or facility of movement: loose sports clothing, giving the wearer freedom.
• n. Frankness or boldness; lack of modesty or reserve: the new freedom in movies and novels.
• n. The right to unrestricted use; full access: was given the freedom of their research facilities.
• n. The right of enjoying all of the privileges of membership or citizenship: the freedom of the city.
• n. A right or the power to engage in certain actions without control or interference: "the seductive freedoms and excesses of the picaresque form” ( John W. Aldridge).

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

• n. The state of being free, of not being imprisoned or enslaved.
• n. The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• n. The state of being free; exemption from the power and control of another; liberty; independence.
• n. Privileges; franchises; immunities.
• n. Exemption from necessity, in choice and action.
• n. Ease; facility.
• n. Frankness; openness; unreservedness.
• n. Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum; license.
• n. Generosity; liberality.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

• n. The state or character of being free.
• n. Exemption from the constraint or restraint of physical or moral forces; the state of being able to act without external controlling interference; liberty; in a special sense, exemption from bondage or imprisonment.
• n. Exemption from arbitrary, despotic, or autocratic control, especially in civil matters; independence; civil liberty.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• n. the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints.
• n. immunity from an obligation or duty.

Etymologies

Middle English fredom, from Old English frēodōm : frēo, free; see free + -dōm, -dom.

(American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

From Middle English freedom, fredom, from Old English frēodōm _("freedom, state of free-will, charter, emancipation, deliverance"), from Proto-Germanic *frijadōmaz _("freedom"), equivalent to free +\n -dom. Cognate with North Frisian fridoem _("freedom"), Dutch vrijdom _("freedom"), Low German frīdom _("freedom"), Middle High German vrītuom _("freedom"), Norwegian fridom _("freedom"). (Wiktionary)

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