FREEDOM

Definitions

1. 1. The state of being free; exemption from the power and control of another; liberty; independence. Made captive, yet deserving freedom more. Milton.
2. 2. Privileges; franchises; immunities. Your charter and your caty's freedom. Shak.
3. 3. Exemption from necessity, in choise and action; as, the freedom of the will.
4. 4. Ease; facility; as, he speaks or acts with freedom.
5. 5. Frankness; openness; unreservedness. I emboldened spake and freedom used. Milton.
6. 6. Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum; license.
7. 7. Generosity; liberality. [Obs.] Chaucer. Freedom fine, a sum paid on entry to incorporations of trades. -- Freedom of the city, the possession of the rights and privileges of a freeman of the city; formerly often, and now occasionally, conferred on one not a resident, as a mark of honorary distinction for public services.