#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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