the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants.
"we do have some freedom of choice" · [More]
synonyms:
right to · entitlement to · privilege · prerogative · due
the state of not being imprisoned or enslaved.
"the shark thrashed its way to freedom"
synonyms:
liberty · liberation · release · emancipation · deliverance · delivery · [More]
(freedom from)
the state of not being subject to or affected by (something undesirable).
"government policies to achieve freedom from want"
synonyms:
exemption · immunity · dispensation · exception · exclusion · release · [More]
BRITISH
(the freedom of —)
a special privilege or right of access, especially that of full citizenship of a city granted to a public figure as an honour.
"he accepted the freedom of the City of Glasgow"