Antonyms for freedoms
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : free-duh m |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfri dəm |
Definition of freedoms
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
- No, Mrs. Betty, I am pretty well used to your freedoms now, you know.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- The confusion of Imogen did not allow her to animadvert upon his freedoms.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- Solange had seen fit to resent in a practical manner some of his freedoms.
- Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
- I only wanted to touch on the relation of the freedoms—physical, mental, and spiritual.
- Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald
- You think you fight for freedoms, for democracy, but you fight for this!
- Extract from : « Dr. Jonathan (A Play) » by Winston Churchill
- It made possible the birth of the American system of freedoms.
- Extract from : « The Armed Forces Officer » by U. S. Department of Defense
- And the sooner he loses all these freedoms, the better it will be for him.
- Extract from : « Letters of Peregrine Pickle » by George P. Upton
- I really do not understand what the Committee mean by some of their freedoms.
- Extract from : « Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 (of 6) » by Thomas Moore
- All this economic freedom of women is going to lead to other freedoms, you know.
- Extract from : « Dangerous Days » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- They desired the freedoms of democracy, but also all the vetoes of democracy.
- Extract from : « Orthodoxy » by G. K. Chesterton
Synonyms for freedoms
- 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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