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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
When people have freedom, they can move and act as they wish. They can choose what they want to do.
Under the new government, people have freedom to live as they please.In some schools, children wear uniforms, but in others children have freedom to wear what they want.- synonyms:
- liberty
- similar words:
- independence
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| definition 2: |
If you have or live in freedom, you are free. Nobody owns you or has total control over you. If someone does not have freedom, they are completely in the power of someone else, and they are forced to stay in one place and cannot leave. People who are in prison do not have freedom. People who are slaves do not have freedom.
The prisoner gained his freedom after ten years.- synonyms:
- liberty
- antonyms:
- slavery
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| definition 3: |
Freedom is a specific right to do something under the law.
Freedom of speech is a right that all Americans have.- synonyms:
- privilege, right
- similar words:
- license
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| related words: |
abolition, option, privilege |
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