Meaning

(uncountable) The state of being free..

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1. (uncountable) The state of being free.
2. (countable) The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.
3. The right or privilege of unrestricted use or access
4. Frankness; openness; unreservedness.
5. Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum.

Example Sentences

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

Well Russia at the present time is at a crossroads. It is often said that the Cold War is over and that the West has won it- that's only half true. Because what has happened is that the communists have been defeated, but the ideas of freedom now are on trial. If they don't work, there will be a reversion to, not communism which has failed, but what I call a new despotism which would pose a mortal danger to the rest of the world because it would be infected with the virus of Russian imperialism which of course has been a characteristic of Russian foreign policy for centuries.

However, the next generation of innovators to benefit from this freedom – Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple et al – saw no reason to extend it to anyone else.

Freedom of speech is a basic democratic value.

People in our city enjoy many freedoms.

Every child has a right to freedom from fear and freedom from want.

The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe- a desolate, dry planet with vast deserts. Hidden away within the rocks of these deserts are a people known as the Fremen, who have long held a prophecy, that a man would come, a messiah, who would lead them to true freedom. The planet is Arrakis, also known as Dune.

China's experience reminded me of the French and Russian revolutions. The pattern was the same: People seized control by promising to promote certain ideals. Once they had consolidated power, they abused it, casting aside their beliefs and brutalizing their fellow citizens. It was as if mankind had a sickness that it kept inflicting on itself. The sobering thought deepened my conviction that freedom— economic, political, and religious — is the only fair and productive way of governing a society.

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