English Explanatory Dictionary

freedom

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state of being free.
  2. The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.
  3. The right or privilege of unrestricted use or access
  4. Frankness; openness; unreservedness.
  5. Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum.
name
  1. A number of places in the United States:
  2. A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California.
  3. A settlement in Wilkinson County, Georgia.
  4. An unincorporated community in both Caribou County, Idaho and Lincoln County, Wyoming.
  5. An unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Owen County, Indiana.
  6. An unincorporated community in Russell County, Kentucky.
  7. A town in Waldo County, Maine.
  8. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
  9. An unincorporated community in Osage County, Missouri.
  10. A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire.
  11. An unincorporated community in Frontier County, Nebraska.
  12. A town in Cattaraugus County, New York.

Pronunciation

frē'dəm /ˈfɹiː.dəm/ /ˈfɹi.dəm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Freedom.wav En-us-freedom.ogg

Word forms

freedom freedoms

Etymology

From Middle English fredom, freedom, from Old English frēodōm (“freedom, state of free-will, charter, emancipation, deliverance”), from Proto-West Germanic *frijadōm (“freedom”). Equivalent to free + -dom. Cognate with North Frisian fridoem (“freedom”), Dutch vrijdom (“freedom”), Low German frīdom (“freedom”), Middle High German vrītuom (“freedom”), Norwegian fridom (“freedom”).

Synonyms

liberty license exemption freehood freeness

Antonyms

bondage constraint imprisonment slavery unfreedom

Derived words

antifreedom degree of freedom enfreedom fifth freedom rights first freedom rights fourth freedom rights free as in freedom freedom ain't free freedom bread freedom-camp freedom camp freedom camper freedom camping freedom colony freedom dressing freedom fight freedom fighter freedom fighting freedom fine freedom freckles freedom fries freedom gas freedomism freedom is not free freedom isn't free Freedomite freedom kiss freedomless freedom march freedom ride freedom rider freedom school freedom tickler freedom toast freedom to roam freedom units freedomware freedumb freetard Gay Freedom Day let freedom ring non-freedom nonfreedom overfreedom second freedom rights Space Station Freedom third freedom rights
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