Dictionary Definition
freedom
Noun
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]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
fredom < frēodōm < frēo < *frijaz < *prijos- "dear, beloved"; plus -dōm < *domaz < root *dhe- "to set, put". See also free, -dom.Pronunciation
- frē'dəm, /ˈfriːdəm/
Noun
- The state of being free, of not being imprisoned or enslaved.
- Having recently been released from prison, he didn't know what to do with his newfound freedom.
- The state of being free, unconstrained; the
lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints
in general.
- Freedom of speech is a basic democratic value.
- Freedom to choose one's own destiny can be frightening.
- Every child has a right to freedom from fear and freedom from want.
- Freedom to choose one's own destiny can be frightening.
- Freedom of speech is a basic democratic value.
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Translations
not being imprisoned or enslaved
- Cebuano: kagawasan
- Chinese:
- Crimean Tatar: azatlıq
- Croatian: sloboda
- Czech: svoboda
- Danish: frihed
- Dutch: vrijheid
- Faroese: frælsi
- Filipino:
- Finnish: vapaus
- French: liberté
- German: Freiheit
- Greek: ελευθερία (elefthería)
- Hebrew: חופש
- Hungarian: szabadság, függetlenség
- Japanese: 自由, じゆう
- Kurdish: ڕزگاری
- Old Frisian: fridom
- Polish: wolność
- Romanian: libertate
- Russian: свобода, воля
- Slovene: svoboda , prostost
- Tagalog: kalayaan
- Urdu: ازادی
- West Frisian: frijheid
The lack of a specific constraint
- Chinese:
- Croatian: sloboda
- Czech: svoboda
- Danish: frihed
- Dutch: vrijheid
- Faroese: frælsi
- Filipino: kalayaan
- Finnish: vapaus
- French: liberté
- German: Freiheit
- Greek: ελευθερία (elefthería)
- Hebrew:
- Hungarian: szabadság
- Japanese: 自由 (じゆう, jiyū)
- Kurdish: ,
- Romanian: libertate
- Russian: свобода
- Slovene: svoboda
- Tagalog: kalayaan
- Urdu: ازادی
- West Frisian: frijheid
- ttbc Arabic: (ħurríya)
- ttbc Armenian: ազատություն (azatut‘yun)
- ttbc Basque: askatasun, libertate
- ttbc Bosnian: sloboda
- ttbc Cebuano: kagawasan
- ttbc Estonian: vabadus
- ttbc Hindi: आज़ादी (āzādī)
- ttbc Indonesian: kebebasan
- ttbc Irish: saoirse
- ttbc Italian: libertà
- ttbc Korean: 자유 (jayu)
- ttbc Kurdish: azadî , serbestî , rizgarî , xweserî , serxwebûn
- ttbc Latin: libertas
- ttbc Latvian: brīvība
- ttbc Malayalam: സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യം (svaathanthryam)
- ttbc Maltese: ħelsien
- ttbc Norwegian: frihet
- ttbc Persian: (āzādī)
- ttbc Polish: wolność
- ttbc Portuguese: liberdade
- ttbc Scottish Gaelic: saoirse
- ttbc Serbian:
- ttbc Spanish: libertad
- ttbc Swahili: uhuru
- ttbc Swedish: frihet
- ttbc Telugu: స్వేచ్ఛ
- ttbc Turkish: hürriyet
Extensive Definition
Freedom may refer to:
- Freedom (philosophy)
- Freedom (political), the absence of interference with the sovereignty of an individual by the use of coercion or aggression
- Liberty, the condition in which an individual has the ability to act according to his or her own will
- Economic freedom
- Freedom of the City, an award made by municipalities, comparable to the (Golden) Key to the City, the signing of the golden book and similar ceremonies elsewhere
Freedom as a proper name may also refer to:
People
- Freedom Williams, an American hip-hop and dance music performer
Geography
Places in the United States:Press
- Freedom Magazine, a Scientology publication
- Freedom (newspaper), a British anarchist newspaper
- Freedom Press (UK), a British anarchist publishing company
- Freedom Press (U.S.), a publishing company
- Freedom Communications, a privately-held national media company headquartered in Irvine, California
Construction
- Freedom Ship, a concept for a floating city
- Space Station Freedom, the name of a NASA project which later became the International Space Station
- Freedom Tower (World Trade Center Tower 1), the centerpiece building of the new World Trade Center complex currently under construction in the Lower Manhattan section of New York City
Television
- Freedom (TV series), a short lived television series in 2000
Animation
- Freedom (OVA), a series of six OVA with character and mecha designs by Katsuhiro Otomo, part of the promotional project for Nissin Cup Noodles 35th anniversary known as Freedom Project
- ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam and ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom Gundam, fictional weapons in the Gundam SEED and Destiny anime television series
Art
- Chris Pape (aka "Freedom"), graffiti artist
Music
- Freedom Records, jazz label
Albums
- Freedom (Santana album) (1987)
- Freedom (Yothu Yindi album) (1993)
- Freedom (Neil Young album) (1989)
- Freedom (Michael W. Smith album) (2000)
Songs
- "Freedom" (Erasure song)
- "Freedom" (Isley Brothers song)
- "Freedom! '90" by George Michael, and covered by Robbie Williams
- "Freedom" (Rage Against the Machine song)
- "Freedom" (Jimi Hendrix song)
- "Freedom" (Wham! song)
- "Freedom" (Theme from Panther), sung by a chorus of 60+ African-American female R&B/hip-hop artists for the 1995 film
- "Freedom" by Jurassic 5
- "Freedom" (Paul McCartney song)
- "Freedom" (The Sons of Champlin song)
- "Freedom" by Shiva
Sports
- Florence Freedom, an independent minor league baseball team that plays in the Frontier League
- Washington Freedom, a women's professional soccer (football) team
- Valley Forge Freedom, an 'A'-level professional Ice Hockey Team in the MAHL
Other uses
- Freedom fries, a short-lived alternate term for french fries in the U.S.
- Freedom Yachts, a company based in Rhode Island, USA
- Freedom!, an educational computer game on the history of slavery.
freedom in Bulgarian: Свобода
freedom in German: Freedom
freedom in Spanish: Libertad
(desambiguación)
freedom in Esperanto: Libereco
freedom in French: Freedom
freedom in Galician: Libre
freedom in Icelandic: Frelsi
freedom in Italian: Freedom
freedom in Hebrew: חופש
freedom in Georgian: თავისუფლება
freedom in Hungarian: Szabadság
freedom in Dutch: Vrijheid
freedom in Japanese: フリーダム
freedom in Romanian: Libertate
(dezambiguizare)
freedom in Russian: Свобода (значения)
freedom in Slovenian: Liberty
freedom in Turkish: Özgürlük
freedom in Ukrainian: Свобода
(значення)
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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