Freedom synonyms
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A right to engage in certain actions without control or interference by a government or other power:
free (related)
(Hurling) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.
A city of western Missouri, a suburb of Kansas City. It was a starting point for the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails during the 1800s.
The principle of equality of rights, opportunity, and treatment, or the practice of this principle
own accord
Exemption from necessity
A legal or moral entitlement.
autarky
An enclosed ecosystem.
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The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence
slavery (antonym)
Slavery is someone owning another person.
The status of a citizen with its attendant duties, rights, and privileges.
bondage (antonym)
Serfdom or slavery
Any of a genus (Agrostis) of dense, low-growing perennial grasses that spread by putting out runners and are often used for lawns and golf greens
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Self-government; freedom to act or function independently.
A basic civil right, guaranteed by a government
Room or opportunity for freedom of action or thought; free play
The state or quality of being lax.
The act or process of trying to achieve equal rights and status.
The act or manner of using a card, piece, or ball in a game or sport:
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The characteristic or quality of being forthright
The status, dominion, rule, or power of a sovereign
Government of a group by the action of its own members, as in electing representatives to make its laws
subjection (antonym)
The state of being subjected.
Self-government.
A permission granted by government to perform an act or service regulated by law (for example, a license to fish or to practice law).
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Unrestricted power to act at one's own discretion; unconditional authority:
An economic doctrine that opposes governmental regulation of or interference in commerce beyond the minimum necessary for a free-enterprise system to operate according to its own economic laws.
Spontaneity is defined as the act or quality of acting without thinking in advance.
freedom-of-choice
Liberty of action
Ample scope:
Immunity is defined as being able to resist a disease or medical condition or the freedom from punishment.
full play
Exemption from necessity
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A production quantity in a factory.
Something chosen or available as a choice.
The investiture with any of several municipal privileges
The act or power of making up one's own mind about what to think or do, without outside influence or compulsion
Selection, array.
The state of being willing
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right to decide
Liberty of action
constraint (antonym)
One that restricts, limits, or regulates; a check:
The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc. [from 19th c.]
(Photography) The extent to which a light-sensitive material can be over- or underexposed and still achieve an acceptable result.
Something indulged in:
Lack of restraint; the quality of being unrestrained.
Relaxation or activities engaged in during such time:
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informality (related)
An informal act
choice (related)
The power, right, or liberty to choose; option:
The quality of having options. "I have some flexibility."
Plural form of privilege
The definition of a release is a letting go, setting free or relief.
The process of being restored or made new for the purpose of becoming saved; the process of being rid of the old poor quality conditions and becoming improved.
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dependence (related)
tighten (related)
Ease of or space for movement
plenty of rope
Exemption from necessity
repression (antonym)
(Psychology) The unconscious exclusion of painful impulses, desires, or fears from the conscious mind.
restraint (antonym)
Limitation or confinement as in constraint on free assembly; forbearance; a holding back or prohibiting from doing something.
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difficulty (antonym)
Something not easily done, accomplished, comprehended, or solved:
A freeing or being freed from slavery; emancipation
(Ecclesiastical history) The principle that each individual religious congregation is from any external ecclesiastical control, as by a bishop.
hindrance (antonym)
Any person or thing that hinders; obstacle; impediment; obstruction
ease (related)
Relaxation, rest and leisure.
Unrestrained freedom of action or emotion; surrender to one's impulses
Frankness or sincerity of expression; openness.
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Plural form of franchise
Political liberty
heteronomy (antonym)
The state of being beholden to external influences.
incarceration (antonym)
Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia.
servitude (antonym)
Lack of personal freedom, as to act as one chooses.
government (antonym)
The agency or apparatus through which a governing individual or body functions and exercises authority.
The process of removing constraints, especially government-imposed economic regulation.
(Literally uncountable) Good breeding; nobility of stock.
captivity (antonym)
The state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved.
suppression (antonym)
(Botany) The failure of an organ or part to develop.
unconstraint
Freedom from constraint.
Plural form of immunity
reserve (antonym)
A reservation of public land:
subordination (antonym)
The definition of a subordination is a lower position than another, placement of a person to a lower position, or treatment as if they are in a lower position.
imprisonment (antonym)
A confinement in a place, especially a prison.
limitation (antonym)
A restriction.
freedom of worship (related)
liability (antonym)
More generally, a debt or other legal obligation to pay an assessed amount (for example, taxes).
confinement (antonym)
chance (antonym)
A favorable set of circumstances; an opportunity:
communism (antonym)
Any theory or system characterized by the ownership or sharing of all property by the community as a whole
restriction (antonym)
Something that restricts; limitation
free-speech (related)
toleration (related)
civil-rights (related)
dignity (related)
Synonym Study
- License implies freedom that consists in violating the usual rules, laws, or practices, either by consent poetic license or as an abuse of liberty slander is license of the tongue
- Liberty , often interchangeable with freedom , strictly connotes past or potential restriction, repression, etc. civil liberties
- Freedom , the broadest in scope of these words, implies the absence of hindrance, restraint, confinement, or repression freedom of speech
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