Definition of: freedom

(frē′dəm) noun
1. Exemption or liberation from slavery or imprisonment.
2. Exemption from political restraint or autocratic control; independence.
3. Liberty of choice or action.
4. Philos. The state of the will as the first cause of human actions; self–determination in rational beings.
5. Exemption; immunity: freedom from want; freedom from arrest.
6. Exemption or release from obligations, ties, etc.
7. Ease; facility.
8. Frankness or familiarity in speech or manner.
9. The right to enjoy the privileges of membership or citizenship: freedom of the city.
10. Unrestricted use: He had freedom of the library.
11. Ease of motion. See synonyms under LIBERTY.
—free′dom·less adjective [OE frēodōm]