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Vacate vs Freedom - What's the difference?

vacate | freedom |

As a verb vacate

is to move out of a dwelling, either by choice or by eviction.

As a noun freedom is

(uncountable) the state of being free, of not being imprisoned or enslaved.

vacate

English

Verb

(vacat)
  • To move out of a dwelling, either by choice or by eviction.
  • I have to vacate my house by midday, as the new owner is moving in.
    You are hereby ordered to vacate the premises within 14 days.
  • To leave an office or position.
  • ''He vacated his coaching position because of the corruption scandal.
  • To have a court judgement set aside; to annul.
  • ''The judge vacated the earlier decision when new evidence was presented.
  • To leave an area, usually as a result of orders from public authorities in the event of a riot or natural disaster.
  • ''If you do not immediately vacate the area, we will make you leave with tear gas!

    Anagrams

    * ----

    freedom

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The state of being free, of not being imprisoned or enslaved.
  • (countable) The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Gary Younge)
  • , volume=188, issue=26, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution , passage=The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.}}
  • Frankness; openness; unreservedness.
  • * Milton
  • I emboldened spake and freedom used.
  • Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum.
  • Usage notes

    * The phrase "freedom from" can have as an object: fear, want, hunger, pain, disease, stress, depression, debt, poverty, necessity, violence, war, advertising, addiction, etc.

    Synonyms

    * liberty * license * exemption

    Antonyms

    * bondage * constraint

    Derived terms

    * academic freedom * degree of freedom * economic freedom * financial freedom * freedom fighter * freedom fries * freedom march * freedom of assembly * freedom of association * freedom of contract * freedom of expression * freedom of movement * freedom of petition * freedom of religion * freedom of speech * freedom of the air * freedom of the press * freedom of the seas * freedom ride * freedom rider * freedom to roam * individual freedom * let freedom ring * political freedom * unfreedom * non-freedom