freedom

free|dom [ `fridəm ] noun ***

1. ) uncount the right to do what you want, make your own decisions, and express your own opinions:

a law that restricts religious freedom

Newspapers now enjoy much greater freedom under the new laws.

freedom to do something: My parents gave me total freedom to do whatever I liked.

freedom of choice: The school gives students freedom of choice about what to wear.

a ) a situation where you are able to go where you want because you are not in prison:

his first taste of freedom

b ) the ability to do what you want because you have no obligations or responsibilities:

With the children grown up, she is enjoying her new-found freedom.

c ) the ability to move or go where you want because there is nothing physically stopping you:

Police road blocks were seen as an attempt to restrict freedom of movement.

2. ) uncount freedom from a situation in which you are not affected by something unpleasant:

freedom from hunger/disease/poverty

3. ) freedoms plural different types of freedom:

basic/fundamental/political freedoms