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Webster 1913 Edition
Freedom
1.
The state of being free; exemption from the power and control of another; liberty; independence.
Made captive, yet deserving
freedom
more. Milton.
2.
Privileges; franchises; immunities.
Your charter and your caty’s
freedom
. Shakespeare
3.
Exemption from necessity, in choise and action;
as, the
. freedom
of the will4.
Ease; facility;
as, he speaks or acts with
. freedom
5.
Frankness; openness; unreservedness.
I emboldened spake and
freedom
used. Milton.
6.
Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum; license.
Webster 1828 Edition
Freedom
FREE'DOM
,Noun.
1.
A state of exemption from the power or control of another; liberty; exemption from slavery, servitude or confinement. Freedom is personal, civil, political, and religious. [See Liberty.]2.
Particular privileges; franchise; immunity; as the freedom of a city.3.
Power of enjoying franchises.4.
Exemption from fate, necessity, or any constraint in consequence of predetermination or otherwise; as the freedom of the will.5.
Any exemption from constraint or control.6.
Ease or facility of doing any thing. He speaks or acts with freedom.7.
Frankness; boldness. He addressed his audience with freedom.8.
License; improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum; with a plural. Beware of what are called innocent freedoms.