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Definition of Freedom

1. Noun. The condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints.

Definition of Freedom

1. n. The state of being free; exemption from the power and control of another; liberty; independence.

Definition of Freedom

1. Noun. The state of being free, of not being imprisoned or enslaved. ¹

2. Noun. The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Freedom

1. the state of being free [n -S]

Medical Definition of Freedom

1. The rights of individuals to act and make decisions without external constraints. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Freedom

Literary usage of Freedom

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1919)
"THE GERMAN CONCEPTION OP THE freedom OF THE SEAS THE World War has given rise to some of the most remarkable views or expressions of opinion, ..."

2. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1863)
"freedom in these ages is therefore especially favorable to the production of wealth ; nor is it difficult to perceive, that despotism is especially adverse ..."

3. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"The molecules of any one kind are supposed to have m degrees of freedom, this number being, in general, different in différent kinds. ..."

4. Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant (1901)
"For if phenomena are things in themselves, freedom is impossible. In this case, nature is the complete and all-sufficient cause of ..."

5. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to by James Boswell (1884)
"It puzzled me so much as to the freedom of the human will, by stating, with wonderful acute ingenuity, our being actuated by a series of motives which we ..."

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