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'''Freedom''' is the lack of restraint. More specifically, it can mean:
'''Freedom''' is the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint, for example: "He won his freedom after a retrial." More specifically, it can mean:
*Ability to act freely: a state in which somebody is able to act and live as he or she chooses, without being subject to any undue restraints or restrictions.
*Ability to act freely: a state in which somebody is able to act and live as he or she chooses, without being subject to any undue restraints or restrictions.
*The condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints.
*The condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints.
*Exemption: immunity from an obligation or duty.
*Exemption: immunity from an obligation or duty.
*Civil liberty, as opposed to subjection to an arbitrary or despotic government.
*The right to enjoy all the privileges or special rights of citizenship, membership, etc., in a community or the like.
The desire for freedom was one of the founding principles of the United States of America. Today, freedom still stands proudly at the top of a list of aspirations for Americans. All Americans, no matter their creed or the color of their skin agrees that: "we shall have an association in which the free development of each is the condition for the free development of all".
The desire for freedom was one of the founding principles of the United States of America. Today, freedom still stands proudly at the top of a list of aspirations for Americans. All Americans, no matter their creed or the color of their skin agrees that: "we shall have an association in which the free development of each is the condition for the free development of all".