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freedom: see liberty liberty, term used to describe various types of individual freedom, such as religious liberty, political liberty, freedom of speech, right of self-defense, and others. It is also used as a general term for the sum of specific liberties. ..... Click the link for more information. . freedom 1. the quality or state of being free, esp to enjoy political and civil liberties 2. autonomy, self-government, or independence 3. Philosophy the quality, esp of the will or the individual, of not being totally constrained; able to choose between alternative actions in identical circumstances Freedom See also Deliverance. Areopagitica pamphlet supporting freedom of the press. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 46] 1940s underground railroad for Jews out of East Europe. [Jew. Hist.: Wigoder, 80] (1791) term popularly applied to first 10 Amendments of U.S. Constitution. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 78] (1948) declaration passed by the United Nations; the rights are the individual freedoms usually associated with Western democracy. [World Hist.: Payton, 186] (1776) document declaring the independence of the North American colonies. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 186] (1672) Charles II’s attempt to suspend discrimination against Nonconformists and Catholics. [Br. Hist.: Payton, 186] (1789) proclaimed legal equality of man. [Fr. Hist.: Payton, 186] widely used as national symbol. [Animal Folklore: Jobes, 213] epithet of Zeus, meaning “god of freedom.” [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 292] American independence day. [Am. Culture: Misc.] sobriquet of Abraham Lincoln. [Am. Hist.: Hart, 329] (1736–1799) famous American patriot known for his statement: “Give me liberty or give me death.” [Am. Hist.: Hart, 367] fiftieth year; liberty proclaimed for all inhabitants. [O.T.: Leviticus 25:8–13] symbol of British liberty. [Br. Hist.: Bishop, 49–52, 213] consolidated South American independence; stonewalled European intervention. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 329–330] presented to slaves upon manumission. [Rom. Hist.: Jobes, 287]
legendary pact establishing independence of Swiss cantons (1307). [Swiss Hist.: NCE, 2384] liberator of Rome from warring Colonna and Orsini families. [Ger. Opera: Wagner, Rienzi, Westerman, 203] site of Magna Charta signing (1215). [Br. Hist.: Bishop, 49–52, 213] perhaps the most famous monument to independence. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 284] effective means of escape for southern slaves. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 514] indicates independence. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 178] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This is precisely the sort of compensation that Thompson and other middle-class men are most likely to appreciate: freeedom from routine, an element of risk, sometimes a hint of real danger, and a sense, most of all, that one's work has some connection to the gritty business of real life. Habre's friends", he said, were the United States, "this advocate of peace and freeedom, which it is defending in Nicaragua, Grenada, South Africa and occupied Palestine; and that other peace-loving State, France", which is "burdened as it is with a legacy of colonialism and exploitation", he said. |
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