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(rare or nonstandard) The state or condition of being free; freedom..
Here the citizens of Ghent took the oath of allegiance to each new Count on his accession, after they had compelled him to swear in good old Teutonic style "to uphold and see upheld all the standing wits (laws), fore-rights (regulations), freehoods, and wonts of the Countship and town of Ghent."
Freedom is not Freitum, but Freiheit, literally freehood.
"Stop him once, George, he shouldn't swallow!" Leonid, supine, had decided to wave one arm and sing as he expired. "Releasedom! Freehood! Death to Selfity!"
A more proper term would be 'freehood', as something attained in a manner not dissimilar to the principle of a required development to achieve knighthood.
Use freehood when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Freehood means (rare or nonstandard) The state or condition of being free; freedom..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Here the citizens of Ghent took the oath of allegiance to each new Count on his accession, after they had compelled him to swear in good old Teutonic style "to uphold and see upheld all the standing wits (laws), fore-rights (regulations), freehoods, and wonts of the Countship and town of Ghent."
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