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.
bondage (antonym)
Serfdom or slavery
The principle of equality of rights, opportunity, and treatment, or the practice of this principle
own accord
Exemption from necessity
autarky
An enclosed ecosystem.
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
A legal or moral entitlement.
Government of a group by the action of its own members, as in electing representatives to make its laws
citizenship
The status of a citizen with its attendant duties, rights, and privileges.
Self-government; freedom to act or function independently.
The act or process of trying to achieve equal rights and status.
The investiture with any of several municipal privileges
The status, dominion, rule, or power of a sovereign
The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence
A basic civil right, guaranteed by a government
Immunity is defined as being able to resist a disease or medical condition or the freedom from punishment.
A permission granted by government to perform an act or service regulated by law (for example, a license to fish or to practice law).
Unrestricted power to act at one's own discretion; unconditional authority:
Lack of restraint; the quality of being unrestrained.
The act or power of making up one's own mind about what to think or do, without outside influence or compulsion
Relaxation or activities engaged in during such time:
The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc. [from 19th c.]
Selection, array.
(Photography) The extent to which a light-sensitive material can be over- or underexposed and still achieve an acceptable result.
Room or opportunity for freedom of action or thought; free play
The act or manner of using a card, piece, or ball in a game or sport:
Something indulged in:
Spontaneity is defined as the act or quality of acting without thinking in advance.
right to decide
Liberty of action
freedom-of-choice
Liberty of action
Something chosen or available as a choice.
slavery (antonym)
Slavery is someone owning another person.
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.
constraint (antonym)
One that restricts, limits, or regulates; a check:
informality (related)
An informal act
Ample scope:
dependence (related)
tighten (related)
Ease of or space for movement
full play
Exemption from necessity
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.
A production quantity in a factory.
plenty of rope
Exemption from necessity
The characteristic or quality of being forthright
self-rule
Self-government.
hindrance (antonym)
Any person or thing that hinders; obstacle; impediment; obstruction
ease (related)
Relaxation, rest and leisure.
choice (related)
The power, right, or liberty to choose; option:
Unrestrained freedom of action or emotion; surrender to one's impulses
Frankness or sincerity of expression; openness.
franchises
Plural form of franchise
The state or quality of being lax.
subjection (antonym)
The state of being subjected.
captivity (antonym)
The state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved.
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.
The quality of having options. "I have some flexibility."
(Literally uncountable) Good breeding; nobility of stock.
immunities
Plural form of immunity
Political liberty
privileges
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.
The state of being willing
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.
heteronomy (antonym)
The state of being beholden to external influences.
imprisonment (antonym)
A confinement in a place, especially a prison.
liability (antonym)
More generally, a debt or other legal obligation to pay an assessed amount (for example, taxes).
limitation (antonym)
A restriction.
restriction (antonym)
Something that restricts; limitation
difficulty (antonym)
Something not easily done, accomplished, comprehended, or solved:
incarceration (antonym)
Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia.
confinement (antonym)
servitude (antonym)
Lack of personal freedom, as to act as one chooses.
chance (antonym)
A favorable set of circumstances; an opportunity:
government (antonym)
The agency or apparatus through which a governing individual or body functions and exercises authority.
communism (antonym)
Any theory or system characterized by the ownership or sharing of all property by the community as a whole
deregulation
The process of removing constraints, especially government-imposed economic regulation.
unconstraint
Freedom from constraint.
suppression (antonym)
(Botany) The failure of an organ or part to develop.
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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