freedom

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Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

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Definition

  1. noun the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints
  2. noun immunity from an obligation or duty

Etymology

From Middle English fredom, freedom, from Old English frēodōm (“freedom, state of free-will, charter, emancipation, deliverance”), from Proto-West Germanic *frijadōm (“freedom”). Equivalent to free + -dom. Cognate with North Frisian fridoem (“freedom”), Dutch vrijdom (“freedom”), Low German frīdom (“freedom”), Middle High German vrītuom (“freedom”), Norwegian fridom (“freedom”).

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