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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | government in which people participate |
| Synonyms: | commonwealth, egalitarianism, emancipation, equalitarianism, equality, freedom, justice, liberal government, representative government, republic, suffrage |
| Notes: | a democracy is confined to a small spot while a republic is extended over a large region |
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| Main Entry: | commonwealth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | political or geographic area |
| Synonyms: | body politic, citizenry, citizens, commonality, democracy, federation, nation, people, polity, republic, society |
| Notes: | a republic is a state or nation where the supreme power lies with its citizens; a commonwealth is an allied group of republics |
| Main Entry: | freedom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | political independence |
| Synonyms: | abolition, abolitionism, autarchy, autonomy, citizenship, deliverance, delivery, democracy, discharge, disengagement, disimprisonment, emancipation, enfranchisement, exemption, extriction, franchise, home rule, immunity, impunity, liberation, liberty, manumission, parole, prerogative, privilege, probation, redemption, release, relief, representative government, rescue, salvage, salvation, self-determination, self-government, sovereignty |
| Antonyms: | communism, government, subjection, subordination, suppression |
| Main Entry: | liberation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | freedom |
| Synonyms: | abolition, deliverance, democracy, emancipation, freeing, liberty, release, salvation, setting free, sovereignty, unchaining, unshackling |
| Main Entry: | nation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | country with its own government |
| Synonyms: | body politic, commonwealth, community, democracy, domain, dominion, empire, land, monarchy, people, populace, population, principality, public, race, realm, republic, society, sovereignty, state, tribe, union |
| Notes: | country really refers to geographical characteristics while nation refers to political and social characteristics; country comes from Latin contrata (terra) 'the landscape in front of one, the landscape lying opposite to the view' and nation is from Latin nation-/natio 'race, class of person' a nation is made up of states - and a country is a nation defined geographically |
| Main Entry: | republic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nation |
| Synonyms: | commonwealth, democracy, state |
| Notes: | a democracy is confined to a small spot while a republic is extended over a large region a republic is a state or nation where the supreme power lies with its citizens; a commonwealth is an allied group of republics |
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| Concept: | Freedom. |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
freedom, liberty, independence; license (permission); facility., scope, range, latitude, play; free play, full play, free scope, full scope; free stage and no favor; swing, full swing, elbowroom, margin, rope, wide berth; Liberty Hall., franchise, denization; free man, freed man, livery man; denizen., autonomy, self-government, liberalism, free trade; noninterference; Monroe Doctrine [U.S.]., immunity, exemption; emancipation (liberation); enfranchisement, affranchisement., free land, freehold; allodium; frankalmoigne, mortmain., bushwhacker; freelance, free thinker, free trader; independent.
-verbs
be free; have scope, have the run of, have one's own way, have a will of one's own, have one's fling; do what one likes, do what one wishes, do what one pleases, do what one chooses; go at large, feel at home, paddle one's own canoe; stand on one's legs, stand on one's rights; shift for oneself., take a liberty; make free with, make oneself quite at home; use a freedom; take leave, take French leave., set free (liberate); give a loose to (permit); allow scope to, give scope to; give a horse his head., make free of; give the freedom of, give the franchise; enfranchise, affranchise., laisser faire, laisser aller; live and let live; leave to oneself; leave alone, let alone.
-adjectives
free, free as air; out of harness, independent, at large, loose, scot-free; left alone, left to oneself., in full swing; uncaught, unconstrained, unbuttoned, unconfined, unrestrained, unchecked, unprevented, unhindered, unobstructed, unbound, uncontrolled, untrammeled., unsubject, ungoverned, unenslaved, unenthralled, unchained, unshackled, unfettered, unreined, unbridled, uncurbed, unmuzzled., unrestricted, unlimited, unconditional; absolute; discretionary (optional)., unassailed, unforced, uncompelled., unbiassed, spontaneous., free and easy; at ease, at one's ease; degage, quite at home; wanton, rampant, irrepressible, unvanquished.
-adverbs
freely; ad libitum (at will).
-phrases
ubi libertas ibi patria.
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| Antonyms: | subjection |
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| Concept: | Liberation. |
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-nouns
liberation, disengagement, release, enlargement, emancipation; disenthrallment, disenthralment; affranchisement, enfranchisement; manumission; discharge, dismissal., deliverance; redemption, extrication, acquittance, absolution; acquittal; escape.
-verbs
liberate, free; set free, set clear, set at liberty; render free, emancipate, release; enfranchise, affranchise; manumit; enlarge; disband, discharge, disenthrall, disenthral, dismiss; let go, let loose, let out, let slip; cast adrift, turn adrift; deliver; absolve (acquit)., unfetter, untie [more]; loose (disjoin); loosen, relax; unbolt, unbar, unclose, uncork, unclog, unhand, unbind, unchain, unharness; disengage, disentangle; clear, extricate, unloose., gain one's liberty, obtain one's liberty, acquire one's liberty [more]; get rid of, get clear of; deliver oneself from; shake off the yoke, slip the collar; break loose, break prison; tear asunder one's bonds, cast off trammels; escape.
-adjectives
liberated; out of harness (free).
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| Antonyms: | restraint |
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