infringement of freedom

collocation in English

meaningsofinfringementandfreedom

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infringement
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪnˈfrɪndʒ.mənt/us
/ɪnˈfrɪndʒ.mənt/
an action that breaks a rule, ...
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freedom
noun
uk
/ˈfriː.dəm/us
/ˈfriː.dəm/
the condition or right of being able or allowed to do, say, think, etc. whatever you want to, without being controlled ...
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(Definition ofinfringementandfreedomfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinfringement of freedom

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It is aninfringementoffreedom.
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In recent months we have received frequent representations on theinfringementoffreedomof speech or assembly at institutions of higher education.
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It is intolerable to talk ofinfringementoffreedomas if we were extending to a ridiculous extent laws for the protection of the public.
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In the conflict between the big advantage to safety and the minorinfringementoffreedom, common sense should prevail.
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Any idea that it is aninfringementoffreedomor that we feel insecure is complete nonsense.
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Previously they thought that that was aninfringementoffreedom, but they would now laugh at that idea.
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This was not aninfringementoffreedom: this was a decision made by the majority.
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This was aninfringementoffreedom.
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Surely that is an unnecessaryinfringementoffreedom.
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I saw no protests about that; no suggestion that this was a grossinfringementoffreedomof expression.
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It seemed to me that as soon as the amendment made its appearance we would hear a loud uproar aboutinfringementoffreedom.
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We believe that this would be a tragicinfringementoffreedomat a time when school rolls are falling and thus providing greater opportunities for choice than ever before.
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It seems that this clause is bound to give a feeling of a real insecurity to the women and the families and that it is aninfringementoffreedom.
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While agency shops do not represent all that serious aninfringementoffreedomof association, it is clear that the closed-shop agreement does.
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Next, theinfringementoffreedomof religion should be serious.
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There are currently five offenses in this category, all minor offenses against individuals: insult, defamation,infringementoffreedomof marriage (usually by parents), maltreat (of family members) and ordinary embezzlement.
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Up until this time it was considered an unreasonableinfringementoffreedomof contract between employers and their employees for a state to set any wages or hours legislation.
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Anxieties have been expressed about broken contracts, and about infringements of freedom and so on.
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