Meanings
plural freenesses
- uncountableusuallyThe state or condition of being free (unconstrained, unconfined, unencumbered, unobstructed, or free-spirited).
Vern could appreciate his freeness. He was a spirited, buoyant thing.
2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland, #Merky Books, page 1631 more example
Whoever would overthrow the Liberty of a Nation, must begin by subduing the Freeness of Speech; a Thing terrible to Publick Traytors.
1722, Benjamin Franklin (as Silence Dogood), "Silence Dogood, No. 8", The New-England Courant, July 9, 1722 - uncountableusuallyOpenness; unreservedness; frankness; ingenuousness; candor.
The freeness of a confession.
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freeness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freeness
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