free country
noun [C]Definition
› a country where the government does not control what people say or do for political reasons and where people can express their opinions without punishment: The transition from a totalitarian state to a free country will be long and slow. I can say what I like - it's a free country!Freedom to actOpportunity › a country that is not controlled by another countryColonisation and self-government
(Definition of free country noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- (as) free as a bird idiom
- at will idiom
- autonomous adjective
- autonomy noun
- be a law unto yourself idiom
- feel free idiom
- free agent noun
- free hand noun
- free rein idiom
- free-form adjective
- liberated adjective
- liberating adjective
- liberation noun
- libertarian noun
- licence noun
- self-inflicted adjective
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- think for yourself phrasal verb
- unaccountable adjective (NOT RESPONSIBLE)
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