Other forms: freedoms
Freedom is being able to do, say and go as you choose. Freedom of speech, personal freedom, fight for freedom.
It is usually specified rather than absolute: freedom of speech, freedom of movement, freedom from fear — and the named freedoms are the ones written into constitutions and treaties. Freedom of the city is an honorary title granted by a town. Note the philosophical split between freedom from constraint and freedom to act, which is where most arguments about the word actually sit.
1nounfreedomBeing able to do, say and go as you choose.
“When she moved away from home, she loved her new freedom.”
freedom is a state of liberty.
Also accepted in games: liberty
Old English freodom is free plus -dom, the ending meaning a state or domain. Kingdom, wisdom and boredom are built the same way.
Proto-Indo-European
*preyH-
Proto-West Germanic
*frijadōm — freedom
Old English
frēodōm — freedom, state of free-will, charter, emancipation, deliverance
Middle English
fredom
English, today
freedom
From Middle English fredom, freedom, from Old English frēodōm (“freedom, state of free-will, charter, emancipation, deliverance”), from Proto-West Germanic frijadōm (“freedom”). Equivalent to free + dom. Cognate with frr fridoem (“freedom”), Dutch vrijdom (“freedom”), Low German frīdom (“freedom”), Middle High German vrītuom (“freedom”), Norwegian fridom (“freedom”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA