freedom

Meaning

Noun

• The state of being free, of not being imprisoned or enslaved.
• The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.
• Frankness; openness; unreservedness.
• Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum.

Related

Similar words

• liberty
• license
• exemption

Opposite words

• slavery
• imprisonment
• bondage
• constraint
• unfreedom

Origin

• From Middle English fredom, freedom, from Old English frēodōm, from Proto-West Germanic *frijadōm. Equivalent to free + -dom. Cognate with North Frisian fridoem, Dutch vrijdom, Low German frīdom, Middle High German vrītuom, Norwegian fridom.