FREEDOM
- personal liberty, as opposed to imprisonment or slavery
- exemption from external control
- political or national independence
- exemption from the presence of something unpleasant (usually fol. by from)
- the state of being free (not subject to restriction or control) [n FREEDOMS]
- ease of movement, action, or social interaction
- rights and privileges, as of citizenship; civil liberty
- right to use something
- the state of being free, also FREENESS [n -S]