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freedom
noun
1 freedom
The condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints.
Roget 600:
will,
volition,
conation†,
velleity;
liberum arbitrium [Lat.];
will and pleasure,
free will;
freedom
etc.
748;
discretion;
option
etc.
(choice)
609;
voluntariness†;
spontaneity,
spontaneousness;
originality.
pleasure,
wish,
mind;
desire;
frame of mind
etc.
(inclination)
602;
intention
etc.
620;
predetermination
etc.
611;
selfcontrol
&c.;
determination
etc.
(resolution)
604;
force of will.
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Roget 47:
nonadhesion†;
immiscibility;
incoherence;
looseness
etc.
adj.;
laxity;
relaxation;
loosening
etc.
v.;
freedom;
disjunction
etc.
44;
rope of sand.
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Roget 738:
laxity;
laxness,
looseness,
slackness;
toleration
etc.
(lenity)
740;
freedom
etc.
748.
anarchy,
interregnum;
relaxation;
loosening
etc.
v.;
remission;
dead letter,
brutum fulmen [Lat.],
misrule;
license,
licentiousness;
insubordination
etc.
(disobedience)
742;
lynch law
etc.
(illegality)
964;
nihilism,
reign of violence.
[Deprivation of power]
dethronement,
deposition,
usurpation,
abdication.
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Dutch: vrijdom, vrijheid
Polish: wolność, nieskrępowanie, swoboda, niezależność
2 freedom
Immunity from an obligation or duty.
synonym: exemption.
Roget 927a:
exemption,
freedom,
irresponsibility,
immunity,
liberty,
license,
release,
exoneration,
excuse,
dispensation,
absolution,
franchise,
renunciation,
discharge;
exculpation
etc.
970.
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Roget 748:
freedom,
liberty,
independence;
license
etc.
(permission)
760;
facility
etc.
705.
scope,
range,
latitude,
play;
free play,
full play,
free scope,
full scope;
free stage and no favor;
swing,
full swing,
elbowroom,
margin,
rope,
wide berth;
Liberty Hall.
franchise,
denization†;
free man,
freed man,
livery man;
denizen.
autonomy,
self-government,
liberalism,
free trade;
noninterference
etc.
706;
Monroe Doctrine [U.S.].
immunity,
exemption;
emancipation
etc.
(liberation)
750;
enfranchisement,
affranchisement†.
free land,
freehold;
allodium†;
frankalmoigne [Fr.],
mortmain [Fr.].
bushwhacker;
freelance,
free thinker,
free trader;
independent.
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Dutch: decharge, dispensatie, ontheffing, ontslag, relevatie, vrijdom, vrijheid, vrijstelling
Polish: immunitet
Moby thesaurus: arrogance, artlessness, audaciousness, audacity, authority, authorization, autonomy, bigheartedness, blank check, bluffness, bluntness, boldness, bounteousness, bountifulness, bounty, brass, brazenness, broadness, brusqueness, candidness, candor, carte blanche, clarity, clear coast, clear road, compass, convenience, copyright, deliverance, deregulation, directness, discretion, dispensation, disrespect, ease, easiness, easy going, easy purse strings, effortlessness, emancipation, exemption, facileness, facility, favor, forthrightness, forwardness, franchise, frankness, free hand, free time, freehandedness, freeheartedness, freeness, gall, generosity, generousness, genuineness, givingness, goof-off time, graciousness, grant, great heart, greatheartedness, highroad, honesty, hospitality, idle hours, immunity, impertinence, impudence, independence, indulgence, ingenuousness, intelligibility, lack of hindrance, largeheartedness, largeness, largess, latitude, leisure, liberality, liberalness, liberation, liberty, license, magnanimity, manumission, margin, munificence, naturalness, nerve, odd moments, open hand, open heart, openhandedness, openheartedness, openness, outspokenness, patent, permission, plain dealing, plain sailing, plain speaking, plainness, plainspokenness, plane sailing, play, power, prerogative, presumption, presumptuousness, privilege, range, release, relief, repose, rest, retirement, right, roundness, royal road, scope, self-determination, self-direction, self-government, semiretirement, simplicity, sincerity, smooth road, smooth sailing, smoothness, spare time, special favor, straight sailing, straightforwardness, sweep, time, time to kill, time to spare, uncomplexity, uncomplicatedness, unconstraint, unreserve, unrestraint, unselfishness, warrant, welcome ... show more.
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