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FREEDOM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("freedom" is a kind of...):
state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)
Attribute:
free (not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint)
unfree (hampered and not free; not able to act at will)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "freedom"):
academic freedom (the freedom of teachers and students to express their ideas in school without religious or political or institutional restrictions)
enfranchisement (freedom from political subjugation or servitude)
blank check; free hand (freedom to do as you see fit)
free rein; play (the removal of constraints)
freedom of the seas (the right of merchant ships to travel freely in international waters)
independence; independency (freedom from control or influence of another or others)
liberty (freedom of choice)
civil liberty; political liberty (one's freedom to exercise one's rights as guaranteed under the laws of the country)
liberty (personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression)
svoboda ((Russia) freedom)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Immunity from an obligation or duty
Synonyms:
exemption; freedom
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("freedom" is a kind of...):
immunity; unsusceptibility (the state of not being susceptible)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "freedom"):
amnesty (a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment)
diplomatic immunity (exemption from taxation or normal processes of law that is offered to diplomatic personnel in a foreign country)
indemnity (legal exemption from liability for damages)
impunity (exemption from punishment or loss)
grandfather clause (an exemption based on circumstances existing prior to the adoption of some policy; used to enfranchise illiterate whites in south after the American Civil War)
Context examples:
I often take advantage of the freedom which it gives.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He preferred suffering in freedom to all the happiness of a comfortable servility.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The attitude that grants freedom of expression and activity to another individual, but not necessarily with sanction or approval.
(Permissiveness, Behavior, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The comfort, the freedom, the gaiety of the room was over, hushed into cold composure, determined silence, or insipid talk, to meet the heartless elegance of her father and sister.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Ere I had finished this reply, my soul began to expand, to exult, with the strangest sense of freedom, of triumph, I ever felt.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The stranger walked heavily and with a measured stride, while the English knight advanced as briskly as though there was no iron shell to weigh down the freedom of his limbs.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It will be taking out my freedom.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Elizabeth received her congratulations amongst the rest, and then, sick of this folly, took refuge in her own room, that she might think with freedom.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
"We have heard Sir John admire it excessively," said Lucy, who seemed to think some apology necessary for the freedom of her sister.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Let me deal so candidly with the reader as to confess that there was yet a much stronger motive for the freedom I took in my representation of things.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
