Antonyms for freedoms


Grammar : Noun
Spell : free-duh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfri dəm


Definition of freedoms

Origin :
  • Old English freodom "freedom, state of free will; charter, emancipation, deliverance;" see free (adj.) + -dom. Freedom-rider recorded 1961, in reference to civil rights activists in U.S. trying to integrate bus lines.
  • It has been said by some physicians, that life is a forced state. The same may be said of freedom. It requires efforts, it presupposes mental and moral qualities of a high order to be generally diffused in the society where it exists. [John C. Calhoun, speech, U.S. House of Representatives, Jan. 31, 1816]Freedom Rider Situation Cuts Into Montgomery Juke, Game Revenues [headline, "Billboard," July 24, 1961]
  • Freedom fighter attested by 1903 (originally with reference to Cuba).
  • noun independence, license to do as one wants
  • noun political independence
  • noun easy attitude
Example sentences :
  • No, Mrs. Betty, I am pretty well used to your freedoms now, you know.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • The confusion of Imogen did not allow her to animadvert upon his freedoms.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • Solange had seen fit to resent in a practical manner some of his freedoms.
  • Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
  • I only wanted to touch on the relation of the freedoms—physical, mental, and spiritual.
  • Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald
  • You think you fight for freedoms, for democracy, but you fight for this!
  • Extract from : « Dr. Jonathan (A Play) » by Winston Churchill
  • It made possible the birth of the American system of freedoms.
  • Extract from : « The Armed Forces Officer » by U. S. Department of Defense
  • And the sooner he loses all these freedoms, the better it will be for him.
  • Extract from : « Letters of Peregrine Pickle » by George P. Upton
  • I really do not understand what the Committee mean by some of their freedoms.
  • Extract from : « Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 (of 6) » by Thomas Moore
  • All this economic freedom of women is going to lead to other freedoms, you know.
  • Extract from : « Dangerous Days » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • They desired the freedoms of democracy, but also all the vetoes of democracy.
  • Extract from : « Orthodoxy » by G. K. Chesterton

Synonyms for freedoms

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