FREEDOM Synonyms

• immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence

• personal independence

• a city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail

• freedom from control or influence of another or others

• the successful ending of the American Revolution

• the act of liberating someone or something

• the attempt to achieve equal rights or status

• the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

• government of a political unit by its own people

• determination of one's own fate or course of action without compulsion

• government of a political unit by its own people

• government free from external control

• royal authority; the dominion of a monarch

• the authority of a state to govern another state

• immunity from an obligation or duty

• a deduction allowed to a taxpayer because of his status (having certain dependents or being blind or being over 65 etc.)

• an act exempting someone

• a legal document giving official permission to do something

• freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)

• excessive freedom; lack of due restraint

• the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

• authorize officially