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Definition of freedom : 1. Ease; facility; as, he speaks or acts with freedom.
2. Exemption from necessity, in choise and action; as, the freedom of the will.
3. Frankness; openness; unreservedness.
4. Generosity; liberality.
5. Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum; license.
6. Privileges; franchises; immunities.
7. The state of being free; exemption from the power and control of another; liberty; independence.

Synonyms:

carte blanche, bondage, slavery, constraint, sovereignty, free, spontaneity, autonomy, independency, option, bent, elbowroom, manumission, informality, leeway, democracy, run, dependence, tighten, granting immunity, franchise, play, facility, ease, scope, indulgence, latitude, enfranchisement, range, self-determination, right, prerogative, choice, readiness, restraint, independence, laissez faire, unrestraint, self-government

excuse, dispensation, license, immunity, permission, pardon, stay, privilege, exception, exemption, relief, waiver, concession, liberty, reprieve

acquittal, release, defrayal, exoneration, discharge, dismissal, vindication, forgiveness, exculpation, liberation, absolution, amnesty, clearance

leisure, freeness, relaxation

disengagement, deliverance, emancipation

laxness, anarchy, nihilism, looseness, mob rule, slackness, free rein, laxity, toleration

Usage examples:

• A new life of freedom and service was opening up to her, while for him the future held only misery in store. - "If Any Man Sin", H. A. Cody.
• He should have been with her two hours ago- he should now be far on his way to freedom. - "The Husbands of Edith", George Barr McCutcheon.
• The day of her death was the first day of her freedom. - "Woman: Man's Equal", Thomas Webster.