freeness

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noun

The state or condition of being free (unconstrained, unconfined, unencumbered, unobstructed, or free-spirited).

“The freeness in giving.”

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nounfreeness (usually uncountable, plural freenesses)

plural freenesses

  1. 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 163
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    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
  2. uncountableusuallyOpenness; unreservedness; frankness; ingenuousness; candor.

    The freeness of a confession.

  3. uncountableusuallyLiberality; generosity.

    The freeness in giving.

  4. uncountableusuallyGratuitousness.

    The freeness of divine grace.

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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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“freeness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freeness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “freeness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freeness.

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