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"freedom" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often liberty (7 letters).
Definitions
State of being free
Word origin
From Middle English fredom, freedom, from Old English frēodōm (“freedom, state of free-will, charter, emancipation, deliverance”), from Proto-West Germanic *frijadōm (“freedom”). Equivalent to free + -dom. Cognate with North Frisian fridoem (“freedom”), Dutch vrijdom (“freedom”), Low German frīdom (“freedom”), Middle High German vrītuom (“freedom”), Norwegian fridom (“freedom”).
Used in a sentence
“Having recently been released from prison, he didn't know what to do with his newfound freedom.”
“However, the next generation of innovators to benefit from this freedom – Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple et al – saw no reason to extend it to anyone else.”
“Freedom of speech is a basic democratic value.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Liberty”7 letters
02“State of liberty”7 letters
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