the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint

He won his freedom after a retrial.

exemption from external control, interference, regulation, etc.

the power to determine action without restraint.

political or national independence.

personal liberty, as opposed to bondage or slavery

a slave who bought his freedom.

exemption from the presence of anything specified (usually fol. by from )

freedom from fear.

the absence of or release from ties, obligations, etc.

ease or facility of movement or action

to enjoy the freedom of living in the country.

frankness of manner or speech.

general exemption or immunity

freedom from taxation.

the absence of ceremony or reserve.

a liberty taken.

a particular immunity or privilege enjoyed, as by a city or corporation

freedom to levy taxes.

civil liberty, as opposed to subjection to an arbitrary or despotic government.

the right to enjoy all the privileges or special rights of citizenship, membership, etc., in a community or the like.

the right to frequent, enjoy, or use at will

to have the freedom of a friend's library.

Philosophy . the power to exercise choice and make decisions without constraint from within or without; autonomy; self-determination. Compare necessity ( def. 7 ) .

noun

captivity , confinement , imprisonment , incarceration , limitation , servitude , slavery , communism , government , subjection , subordination , suppression , difficulty , reserve , restraint , restriction , constraint , dependence , heteronomy , liability , repression

noun

abandon , abandonment , ability , bent , carte blanche , compass , discretion , elbowroom * , exemption , facility , flexibility , free rein * , full play , full swing , immunity , indulgence , laissez faire , latitude , laxity , leeway , liberty , margin , opportunity , own accord , play , plenty of rope , power , prerogative , privilege , profligacy , rampancy , range , rein , right , rope * , scope , sweep , swing , unrestraint , abolition , abolitionism , autarchy , autonomy , citizenship , deliverance , delivery , democracy , discharge , disengagement , disimprisonment , emancipation , enfranchisement , extriction , franchise , home rule , impunity , liberation , manumission , parole , probation , redemption , release , relief , representative government , rescue , salvage , salvation , self-determination , self-government , sovereignty , boldness , brazenness , candor , directness , disrespect , ease , familiarity , forthrightness , forwardness , frankness , impertinence , informality , ingenuousness , lack of reserve , lack of restraint , license , openness , overfamiliarity , presumption , readiness , spontaneity , unconstraint , independence , independency , elbowroom , franchises , generosity , immunities , latitudinarianism , leisure , privileges , willingness