Freedom, liberty, and independence are often used interchangeably. These are similar words but are different. It is important to understand the meaning of each word to use them correctly properly.
“Freedom,” is defined as the state of being free to enjoy social, political as well as civil liberties. It can be considered as the power to decide actions of one and state of being free from manacles and imprisonment. It is the ability of an individual to make choices which are free from pressure or restriction. Sometimes, even if an individual has free will or freedom, he is bound to follow to religious as well as ethical principles because they are accountable for all his actions.
freeedom has its roots in word ‘free’, which is an old Indian word ‘priya’, which means friend. In Romanic languages ‘priya’ is survived from Latin forms ‘privus’ which means exceptional or standing apart. All of these are used in context to someone or something which have no burdens, imposed obligations or interferences. Freedom itself describes a state in which one is capable of doing actions according to their own wishes without any external compulsions.
The word independence is often used for a country as well as a state when the residents of nation enjoy self-government in that particular country. We call as dependent territory when a nation is not independent. In a wider sense when some groups of people have whole control on the certain geographical area we can call it independence.
Independent means that an individual can do something without depending on others, while freedom has a bigger boundary which does not have any restriction or rules. Independence is related to the capability of self-determination and freedom to the absence of obstacles to work out that.
Independence can be considered as an outbound volatile faculty whereas freedom is a set of external circumstances which allows you or not allowed to exercise your will.
Independent means not having any dependencies. But one can be voluntarily dependent on someone or something and not give up their freedom. In particular, they could change their mind and end that dependency.
Liberty is the word that is also used for independence and freedom of people but in a different sense. Normally, we use the word liberty at that time when we see that people of any independent country have rights to wear anything of their own choice and go everywhere with anyone. In such situation, we say that people are living with liberty.
Liberty” is defined as “the right and the power to believe, act, and express oneself as one chooses, of being free from restriction, and having the freedom of choice. It is the condition of having the power to act and speak without restraints.” Word liberty comes from the Latin word ‘libertas’ meaning ‘the status of a descendant’. Liberty refers to fact that descendants enjoy the same social position as that of their predecessors. This definition is normally used in context to full rights and responsibilities according to which one becomes a member of a specific group.
Liberty is a condition in which an individual behaves according to his will and govern himself, by taking responsibility for actions and behaviors. Having liberty does not mean to go against ethics and moral values.
