freedom

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The state of being free and able to do what you want.

   After leaving prison, he didn't know what to do with his newfound freedom.

2. 2
   noun

   The right to do something without being controlled or restricted.

   Freedom of speech is protected by law.

3. 3
   noun

   The state of not having a particular problem or duty.

   The medicine gave her freedom from pain at last.

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”).

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