Free enterprise recorded from 1832 free trade is from 1823 free market from 1630s. In U.S., in reference to a civil right to expression, it became a prominent phrase in the debates over the Gag Rule (1836). Free speech in Britain was used of a privilege in Parliament since the time of Henry VIII. Free pass on railways, etc., attested by 1850. ( Free world "non-communist nations" attested from 1950 on notion of "based on principles of civil liberty.") Sense of "given without cost" is 1580s, from notion of "free of cost." Free even to the definition of freedom, "without any hindrance that does not arise out of his own constitution." įree lunch, originally offered in bars to draw in customers, by 1850, American English. Of nations, "not subject to foreign rule or to despotism," recorded in English from late 14c. Sense of "characterized by liberty of action or expression" is from 1630s of art, etc., "not holding strictly to rule or form," from 1813. Meaning "liberal, not parsimonious" is from c. 1300 of animals, "loose, at liberty, wild," late 14c. sense of "unrestrained in movement" is from c. Meaning "clear of obstruction" is from mid-13c. For the older sense in Germanic, compare Gothic frijon "to love " Old English freod "affection, friendship, peace," friga "love," friðu "peace " Old Norse friðr "peace, personal security love, friendship," German Friede "peace " Old English freo "wife " Old Norse Frigg, name of the wife of Odin, literally "beloved" or "loving " Middle Low German vrien "to take to wife," Dutch vrijen, German freien "to woo." The sense evolution from "to love" to "free" is perhaps from the terms "beloved" or "friend" being applied to the free members of one's clan (as opposed to slaves compare Latin liberi, meaning both "free persons" and "children of a family"). Old English freo "exempt from not in bondage, acting of one's own will," also "noble joyful," from Proto-Germanic *friaz "beloved not in bondage" (source also of Old Frisian fri, Old Saxon vri, Old High German vri, German frei, Dutch vrij, Gothic freis "free"), from PIE *priy-a- "dear, beloved," from root *pri- "to love." Freedom-rider is recorded from 1961 in reference to civil rights activists in U.S. įreedom fighter attested by 1903 (originally with reference to Cuba). Reedom is only truly freedom when it appears against the background of an artificial limitation. It requires efforts, it presupposes mental and moral qualities of a high order to be generally diffused in the society where it exists. It has been said by some physicians, that life is a forced state. Similar formation in Old Frisian fridom, Dutch vrijdom, Middle Low German vridom. Meaning "possession of particular privileges" is from 1570s. Meaning "exemption from arbitrary or despotic control, civil liberty" is from late 14c.
She has a lot of freedom now.Old English freodom "power of self-determination, state of free will emancipation from slavery, deliverance " see free (adj.) + -dom. You have the freedom to travel wherever you like. He has the freedom to do what he thinks is right. Unfortunately, some students misuse their freedom in the hostel.ĭuring the freedom struggle our leaders made many sacrifices for the country. The freedom fighters laid down their lives for the freedom of their country. When did India get its first vision of freedom ? They grow restless when their freedom is curbed. Ability, Exemption, Flexibility, Immunity, Opportunity, Power, Privilege, Right, Abandon, Abandonment, Bent, Compass, Discretion, Facility, Indulgence, Latitude, Laxity, Leeway, Liberty, Margin, Play, Prerogative, Profligacy, Range, Rein, Rope, Scope, Sweep, Swing, Unrestraint
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