n.
- the power or right to act, speak, or think freely.
▸the state of having free will.
- the state of being free.
▸unrestricted use of something.
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(freedom from)
the state of not being subject to or affected by (something undesirable).
- Brit. a special privilege or right of access, especially that of full citizenship of a particular city given to a public figure as an honour:
he accepted the freedom of the City of Glasgow.
- archaic familiarity or openness in speech or behaviour.
Etymology
OE frēodōm (see free, -dom).