#freedom  the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints
  supertype:  state  the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
  subtype:  academic_freedom  the freedom of teachers and students to express their ideas in school without religious or political or institutional restrictions
  subtype:  enfranchisement  freedom from political subjugation or servitude
  subtype:  independency__independence  freedom from control or influence of another or others
     subtype:  autonomy__liberty  immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
        subtype:  self-government__self-determination__self-rule  government of a country by its own people
           subtype:  sovereignty  government free from external control
           subtype:  local_option__localoption  freedom of a local government to determine by popular vote the applicability of a controversial law in their jurisdiction
           subtype:  home_rule  self-government in local matters by a city or county that is part of a national government
     subtype:  autarky__autarchy  economic independence as a national policy
     subtype:  self-direction__autonomy__self-reliance__self-sufficiency  personal independence
     subtype:  separateness  political independence; "seeking complete political separateness for Taiwan"
  subtype:  free_rein__play  the removal of constraints; "he gave free rein to his impulses"; "they gave full play to the artist's talent"
  subtype:  freedom_of_the_seas  the right of merchant ships to travel freely in international waters
  subtype:  liberty  freedom of choice: "liberty of opinion"; "liberty of worship"; "liberty--perfect liberty--to think or feel or do just as one pleases"; "at liberty to choose whatever occupation one wishes"
     subtype:  licence__license  freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
        subtype:  poetic_license  license used by a writer or artist to heighten the effect of their work
     subtype:  latitude.liberty  freedom from normal restraints in conduct: "the new freedom in movies and novels"; "allowed his children considerable latitude in how they spent their money"
     subtype:  license.liberty  excessive freedom; lack of due restraint: "when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant; "the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke
     subtype:  discretion  freedom to act or judge on one's own
  subtype:  political_liberty__politicalliberty__civil_liberty__civilliberty  one's freedom to exercise one's rights as guaranteed under the laws of the country
  subtype:  liberty.freedom  personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression

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