| Main Entry: | freedom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | independence, license to do as one wants |
Synonyms: |
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 |
Antonyms: |
captivity, confinement, imprisonment, incarceration, limitation, servitude, slavery |
| Main Entry: | freedom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | political independence |
Synonyms: |
abolition, abolitionism, autarchy, autonomy, citizenship, deliverance, delivery, democracy, discharge, disengagement, disimprisonment, emancipation, enfranchisement, exemption, extriction, franchise, home rule, immunity, impunity, liberation, liberty, manumission, parole, prerogative, privilege, probation, redemption, release, relief, representative government, rescue, salvage, salvation, self-determination, self-government, sovereignty |
Antonyms: |
communism, government, subjection, subordination, suppression |
| Main Entry: | freedom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | easy attitude |
Synonyms: |
abandon, boldness, brazenness, candor, directness, disrespect, ease, facility, familiarity, forthrightness, forwardness, frankness, impertinence, informality, ingenuousness, lack of reserve, lack of restraint, laxity, license, openness, overfamiliarity, presumption, readiness, spontaneity, unconstraint |
Antonyms: |
difficulty, limitation, reserve, restraint, restriction |
| Main Entry: | abandon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | careless disregard for consequences |
Synonyms: |
disregard, freedom, impulse, licentiousness, recklessness, spontaneity, thoughtlessness, uninhibitedness, unrestraint, wantonness, wildness |
Antonyms: |
restraint, self-restraint |
| Main Entry: | autonomy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | independence |
Synonyms: |
freedom, liberty, self-determination, self-government, self-rule, sovereignty |
Antonyms: |
dependence |
| Main Entry: | carte blanche |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complete authority |
Synonyms: |
authority, blank check, franchise, free hand, free rein, freedom, full authority, full power, full power, grant, latitude, leeway, license, no holds barred, permission, power of attorney, prerogative, sanction, say, say-so, unconditional authority, unconditional right, unrestricted authority, warrant |
| Main Entry: | civil rights |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | civil liberties |
Synonyms: |
God-given rights, civil liberties, constitutional rights, freedom, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedoms, freedoms of citizens, human rights, legal rights, natural rights, rights, rights of citizenship, unalienable rights |
| Main Entry: | convenience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spare time |
Synonyms: |
chance, freedom, hour, leisure, liberty, occasion, one's own sweet time, opportunity, place, preference, spare moment, suitable time, whenever |
| Main Entry: | democracy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | government in which people participate |
Synonyms: |
commonwealth, egalitarianism, emancipation, equalitarianism, equality, freedom, justice, liberal government, representative government, republic, suffrage |
| Notes: | a democracy is confined to a small spot while a republic is extended over a large region |
| Main Entry: | dismissal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | release |
Synonyms: |
adjournment, banishment, bounce, brush-off, cold shoulder, congé, deportation, deposal, deposition, discharge, dislodgment, displacement, dispossession, dissolution, door*, end, eviction, exile, exorcism, expatriation, expulsion, freedom, freeing, housecleaning, kiss-off, layoff, liberation, marching orders, notice, old heave-ho, ostracism, ouster, permission, pink slip, relegation, removal, suspension |
Antonyms: |
acceptance, appointment, employment, hiring, maintainance, retention, welcome |