FREE'DOM, noun 1. A state of exemption from the power or control of another; liberty; exemption from slavery, servitude or confinement. freedom is personal, civil, political, and religious. [See Liberty.] 2. Particular privileges; franchise; immunity; as the freedom of a city. 3. Power of enjoying franchises. 4. Exemption from fate, necessity, or any constraint in consequence of predetermination or otherwise; as the freedom of the will. 5. Any exemption from constraint or control. 6. Ease or facility of doing any thing. He speaks or acts with freedom 7. Frankness; boldness. He addressed his audience with freedom 8. License; improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum; with a plural. Beware of what are called innocent freedoms.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI