## Meanings
1. The state of being free and able to do what you want.
2. The right to do something without being controlled or restricted.
3. The state of not having a particular problem or duty.

## Examples
- After leaving prison, he didn't know what to do with his newfound freedom.
- Freedom of speech is protected by law.
- The medicine gave her freedom from pain at last.

## Synonyms
- exemption
- liberty
- license

## Antonyms
- bondage
- constraint
- imprisonment
- slavery
- unfreedom

## Derived Forms
- antifreedom
- enfreedom
- freedom-camp
- freedomism
- freedomite
- freedomless
- freedomware
- freedumb
- freetard
- non-freedom
- nonfreedom
- overfreedom

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *preyH-
- Root: fredom
- Root: frēodōm
- Root: *frijadōm
- Affix: -dom - state

## 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”).

## AI Etymology
Freedom comes 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”). In current use, the main senses are “The state of being free and able to do what you want” and “The right to do something without being controlled or restricted”.

## Topics
- Social Issues & Human Rights
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