freedom

About 69.61 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The state of being free.

   Having recently been released from prison, he didn't know what to do with his newfound freedom.

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

   Freedom of speech is a basic democratic value.

3. noun The right or privilege of unrestricted use or access

   Freedom of a city

4. noun Frankness; openness; unreservedness.
5. noun Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum.
6. adjective American, especially in a jingoistic way

   freedom freckles

7. adjective Used to censor a term relating to something perceived as anti-American; especially, to censor French during the Iraq War

   freedom fries

Similar words

exemption liberty libre freely peace absence independence lack self-reliance unrestricted

Often followed by

of and to from in is for as that

Word family

freedoms