Rights vs. Freedom

Rightsnoun

plural of right

Rights

Rights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical theory. Rights are of essential importance in such disciplines as law and ethics, especially theories of justice and deontology.

Freedomnoun

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

Freedomnoun

(countable) The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.

Freedomnoun

Frankness; openness; unreservedness.

Freedomnoun

Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum.

Freedomnoun

The state of being free; exemption from the power and control of another; liberty; independence.

Freedomnoun

Privileges; franchises; immunities.

Freedomnoun

Exemption from necessity, in choise and action; as, the freedom of the will.

Freedomnoun

Ease; facility; as, he speaks or acts with freedom.

Freedomnoun

Frankness; openness; unreservedness.

Freedomnoun

Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum; license.

Freedomnoun

Generosity; liberality.

Freedomnoun

the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints

Freedomnoun

immunity from an obligation or duty

Freedom

Freedom, generally, is having the ability to act or change without constraint. Something is if it can change easily and is not constrained in its present state.