loss of freedom
Rights taken away
Loss of freedom is the state of having one's liberty restricted or removed, whether through imprisonment, political oppression, or circumstantial constraint.
The phrase appears in discussions of civil liberties, criminal justice, and personal autonomy: The loss of freedom that comes with incarceration affects families for generations.
It can also describe subtler erosions—surveillance, bureaucratic control, or dependency: He traded adventure for security and mourned the loss of freedom.
- captivityState of being confined
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
- behind barsIn jail
- under lock and keySafely confined, inaccessible
- chainsLinked metal restraints
ball and chain · shackles · confinement · oppression · tyranny · iron fist · caged · gilded cage · trapped · house arrest · suffocating · helpless · powerless · restricted · controlled · silenced · censored · surveillance
loss of freedomliberation
Release from constraint
emancipation · freedom · liberty · manumission · enfranchisement
loss of freedomescape
Flight from captivity
breaking free · unshackling · unchaining · unbinding · freeing
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