freedom
free.dom \'fre-d-*m\ n 1: the quality or state of being free : as 1a: the
absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action 1b:
liberation from slavery or restraint or from the power of another :
(MINDEPENDENCE 1c: EXEMPTION, RELEASE 1d: EASE, FACILITY 1e: FRANKNESS,
OUTSPOKENNESS 1f: improper familiarity 1g: boldness of conception or
execution 1h: unrestricted use 2a: a political right 2b: FRANCHISE,
PRIVILEGE ion of acting without compulsion. FREEDOM has a broad range and
may imply total absence of restraint even as imposed by necessity, or
moderate absence of restraint, or merely an unawareness of being unduly
hampered or frustrated; LIBERTY implies the power to choose what one does
or says as distinguished from lack of inhibition in doing or saying; it may
also imply more strongly than FREEDOM a release from restraint or
compulsion; LICENSE implies liberty that consists in breaking laws or rules
either as an abuse or as the exercise of special privilege SYN syn FREEDOM,
LIBERTY, LICENSE mean the power or condit