Antonyms for freedom
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : free-duh m |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfri dəm |
Definition of freedom
Origin :- Old English freodom "freedom, state of free will; charter, emancipation, deliverance;" see free (adj.) + -dom. Freedom-rider recorded 1961, in reference to civil rights activists in U.S. trying to integrate bus lines.
- It has been said by some physicians, that life is a forced state. The same may be said of freedom. It requires efforts, it presupposes mental and moral qualities of a high order to be generally diffused in the society where it exists. [John C. Calhoun, speech, U.S. House of Representatives, Jan. 31, 1816]Freedom Rider Situation Cuts Into Montgomery Juke, Game Revenues [headline, "Billboard," July 24, 1961]
- Freedom fighter attested by 1903 (originally with reference to Cuba).
- noun independence, license to do as one wants
- noun political independence
- noun easy attitude
- The spirit and the gifts of freedom ill assort with the condition of a slave.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- It seems to me that life is no life, but living death, without that freedom!
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- The cause of freedom owes her much; the country owes her much.
- Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
- Under the eternal urge of freedom we became an independent Nation.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Because we are free we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- It is not profane if I now say, 'with a great price obtained I this freedom.'
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- They add up to only a tiny fraction of the price that has been paid for our freedom.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- There are those in the world who scorn our vision of human dignity and freedom.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- It must be a worldwide effort for the achievement of peace, plenty, and freedom.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
Synonyms for freedom
- abandon
- abandonment
- ability
- abolition
- abolitionism
- autarchy
- autonomy
- bent
- boldness
- brazenness
- candor
- carte blanche
- citizenship
- compass
- deliverance
- delivery
- democracy
- directness
- discharge
- discretion
- disengagement
- disimprisonment
- disrespect
- ease
- elbowroom
- emancipation
- enfranchisement
- exemption
- extriction
- facility
- familiarity
- flexibility
- forthrightness
- forwardness
- franchise
- frankness
- free rein
- full play
- full swing
- home rule
- immunity
- impertinence
- impunity
- indulgence
- informality
- ingenuousness
- lack of reserve
- lack of restraint
- laissez faire
- latitude
- laxity
- leeway
- liberation
- liberty
- license
- manumission
- margin
- openness
- opportunity
- overfamiliarity
- own accord
- parole
- play
- plenty of rope
- power
- prerogative
- presumption
- privilege
- probation
- profligacy
- rampancy
- range
- readiness
- redemption
- rein
- release
- relief
- representative government
- rescue
- right
- rope
- salvage
- salvation
- scope
- self-determination
- self-government
- sovereignty
- spontaneity
- sweep
- swing
- unconstraint
- unrestraint
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