freeness en · NOUN
Etymology
From free + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The state or condition of being free (unconstrained, unconfined, unencumbered, unobstructed, or free-spirited).
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, 1722Vern could appreciate his freeness. He was a spirited, buoyant thing.
2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland, #Merky Books, page 163:
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(uncountable, usually) Openness; unreservedness; frankness; ingenuousness; candor.
The freeness of a confession.
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(uncountable, usually) Liberality; generosity.
The freeness in giving.
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(uncountable, usually) Gratuitousness.
The freeness of divine grace.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| freenesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |