Unfreedom


noun
1.
the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint:
He won his freedom after a retrial.
2.
exemption from external control, interference, regulation, etc.
3.
the power to determine action without restraint.
4.
political or national independence.
5.
personal liberty, as opposed to bondage or slavery:
a slave who bought his freedom.
6.
exemption from the presence of anything specified (usually followed by from):
freedom from fear.
7.
the absence of or release from ties, obligations, etc.
8.
ease or facility of movement or action:
to enjoy the freedom of living in the country.
9.
frankness of manner or speech.
10.
general exemption or immunity:
freedom from taxation.
11.
the absence of ceremony or reserve.
12.
a liberty taken.
13.
a particular immunity or privilege enjoyed, as by a city or corporation:
freedom to levy taxes.
14.
civil liberty, as opposed to subjection to an arbitrary or despotic government.
15.
the right to enjoy all the privileges or special rights of citizenship, membership, etc., in a community or the like.
16.
the right to frequent, enjoy, or use at will:
to have the freedom of a friend’s library.
17.
Philosophy. the power to exercise choice and make decisions without constraint from within or without; autonomy; self-determination.
Compare necessity (def 7).
noun
1.
personal liberty, as from slavery, bondage, serfdom, etc
2.
liberation or deliverance, as from confinement or bondage
3.
the quality or state of being free, esp to enjoy political and civil liberties
4.
(usually foll by from) the state of being without something unpleasant or bad; exemption or immunity: freedom from taxation
5.
the right or privilege of unrestricted use or access: the freedom of a city
6.
autonomy, self-government, or independence
7.
the power or liberty to order one’s own actions
8.
(philosophy) the quality, esp of the will or the individual, of not being totally constrained; able to choose between alternative actions in identical circumstances
9.
ease or frankness of manner; candour: she talked with complete freedom
10.
excessive familiarity of manner; boldness
11.
ease and grace, as of movement; lack of effort

The law of Moses pointed out the cases in which the servants of the Hebrews were to receive their freedom (Ex. 21:2-4, 7, 8; Lev. 25:39-42, 47-55; Deut. 15:12-18). Under the Roman law the “freeman” (ingenuus) was one born free; the “freedman” (libertinus) was a manumitted slave, and had not equal rights with the freeman (Acts 22:28; comp. Acts 16:37-39; 21:39; 22:25; 25:11, 12).

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