freedom has a broad range of application from total absence of restraint to merely a sense of not being unduly hampered or frustrated.
freedom of the press
liberty suggests release from former restraint or compulsion.
the released prisoner had difficulty adjusting to his new liberty
license implies freedom specially granted or conceded and may connote an abuse of freedom.
freedom without responsibility may degenerate into license
Example Sentences
Or Bugs would do the impossible by jumping out of the frame and landing on the drawing board of the cartoonist who was at work creating him. This freedom to transcend the laws of basic physics, to hop around in time and space, and to skip from one dimension to another has long been a crucial aspect of imaginative poetry. Billy Collins, Wall Street Journal, 28-29 June 2008I can see that my choices were never truly mine alone—and that that is how it should be, that to assert otherwise is to chase after a sorry sort of freedom. Barack Obama, Dreams from My Father, (1995) 2004It's the beginning of summer. … For many adults who are really closet kids, this means that their blood hums with a hint of freedom … Anna Quindlen, Newsweek, 18 June 2001 He thinks children these days have too much freedom. She has the freedom to do as she likes. a political prisoner struggling to win his freedomSee More
Recent Examples on the WebReduced to this, a video showing the leader of the Russian mercenary group Wagner recruiting prisoners for the war in Ukraine, promising freedom in exchange for fighting on the front line.CBS News, 18 Sep. 2022 The anti-Zionists, who support Palestinian freedom, believe Israel must be held accountable for its military actions in the region and that all Jews have blood on their hands (thus the chalking). Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2022 For a country famed for its ancient cry of freedom from English rule, the incident could not have better highlighted the ironic authoritarianism of our current government. Lois Mclatchie, WSJ, 18 Sep. 2022 In 1603 Danish authorities under King Christian IV imposed a royal monopoly on trading and strictly required all imports and exports to go through Denmark, reducing Iceland's freedom to trade. Francine Russo, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2022 The joy that comes from being able to run and move unencumbered must have come to her then, along with the despair that comes when that freedom is gone. John Kelly, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2022 There is a gold mermaid statue leaning against one wall, bosoms pointing skyward, head flung back in freedom.BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2022 The members of Chicago indie-pop band Divino Niño are among those who found freedom in the isolation. Beverly Bryan, SPIN, 16 Sep. 2022 Plus, alternate universes grant much more creative freedom around killing big-name characters than is typically allowed in superhero comics. Christian Holub, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2022 See More