freeness
noun
freeness is a noun meaning “The state or condition of being free (unconstrained, unconfined, unencumbered, unobstructed, or free-spirited)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-R-E-E-N-E-S-S, and it appears about once in every 27 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of freeness is freenesses.
What does freeness mean?
noun
- 1
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.
- 2
Openness; unreservedness; frankness; ingenuousness; candor.
The freeness of a confession.
- 3
Liberality; generosity.
The freeness in giving.
- 4
Gratuitousness.
The freeness of divine grace.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of freeness
- freenesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is freeness?
Freeness appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does freeness come from?
From free + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).