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| Main Entry: |
laissez-faire
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abstention from interference |
| Synonyms: | do-nothing policy, for the most, free enterprise, free hand, inaction, indifference, individualism, laisser aller, laisser passer, laissez faire, latitude, let-alone policy, live and let live, live and let live, neutrality, noninterference, nonintervention, nonrestriction, part unrestrained by law free trade, permissiveness |
| Main Entry: | independency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | freedom |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abandonment, ability, autonomy, bent, carte blanche, compass, discretion, elbowroom, exemption, facility, flexibility, free rein, full play, full swing, immunity, independence, indulgence, laissez faire, latitude, laxity, leeway, liberty, margin, opportunity, own accord, play, plenty of rope, power, prerogative, privilege, profligacy, rampancy, range, rein, right, rope, scope, self-government, sovereignty, sweep, swing, unrestraint |
| Main Entry: | self-government |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | freedom |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abandonment, ability, autonomy, bent*, carte blanche, compass, discretion, elbowroom, exemption, facility, flexibility, free rein, full play, full swing, immunity, independence, independency, indulgence, laissez faire, latitude, laxity, leeway, liberty, margin, opportunity, own accord, play, plenty of rope, power, prerogative, privilege, profligacy, rampancy, range, rein, right, rope, scope, sovereignty, sweep, swing, unrestraint |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deregulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the removal of imposed |
| Synonyms: | controls on a system disinvolvement, free competition, free enterprise, free trade, isolationism, laissez-faire, liberalism, noninterference, nonintervention, self-regulating market |
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| Concept: | Freedom. |
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-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.
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| Antonyms: | subjection |
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