promise of freedom

collocation in English

meaningsofpromiseandfreedom

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promise
noun
uk
/ˈprɒm.ɪs/us
/ˈprɑː.mɪs/
the act of saying that you will certainly ...
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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 ofpromiseandfreedomfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If they stake their lives for us, they must be prompted by the strongest motives, ever apromiseoffreedom.
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Generally, the effect of these statements must make thepromiseoffreedomof emigration look perhaps a limited and qualified freedom.
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Urban centres began to emerge, able to attract serfs with thepromiseoffreedom.
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It fails to offer thepromiseoffreedom, and it features a protagonist who is assertive toward a white woman.
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But thatpromiseoffreedomis soon revealed as an illusion.
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So aided, advanced students can indeed probe and refine treatments of the uneven consequences of injustice and promises of freedom.
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It's a defense of what is at the core of a society that is painfully incompetent at delivering on itspromiseoffreedom, tolerance, and equal rights.
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If he wishes to break his own promises of freedom for local authorities, why does he not have the courage to do so plainly instead of proceeding in this way?
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With promises of freedom, land grants and money, each is willing to risk his life for the prize.
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