Definition of "freedom" []

• The condition of being free of restraints. (noun)
• Liberty of the person from slavery, detention, or oppression. (noun)
• Political independence. (noun)
• Exemption from the arbitrary exercise of authority in the performance of a specific action; civil liberty: freedom of assembly. (noun)
• Exemption from an unpleasant or onerous condition: freedom from want. (noun)

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• "You have been promised land and freedom, but the counter-revolution will profit by the anarchy called forth by the Bolsheviki, and will deprive you of land and freedom…."
• "The pivot, the medium of this construction of the personality, is working in freedom, in accordance with the natural wants of the inner life; thus _freedom in intellectual work_ is found to be the _basis of internal discipline_."
• "British hens and stags pay a heavy price for the last night of freedom• Price for hen and stag nights soars to £100.25 per person • Alcohol accounts for a third of the total spend• 1 in 10 cheat on their partner during the last night of freedomBritish hen and stag revellers are paying an average of £100.25 per person to celebrate the last night of freedom, according to a new survey published today Tuesday 17 April 2007."