Phrase guide

freedom of religion

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈfɹiː.dəm əv ɹɪˈlɪ.dʒən/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The fundamental human right to hold, adopt, change, or abandon any religion or belief, without the fear of harm or prosecution.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: religious freedom, religious liberty

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a civil right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: civil right

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حُرِّيَّة اَلدِّين (ḥurriyyat ad-dīn) — the right to hold any religious beliefs
  • Arabic: حُرِّيَّة اَلْمُعْتَقَد (ḥurriyyat al-muʕtaqad) — the right to hold any religious beliefs
  • Arabic: حُرِّيَّة اَلتَّعَبُّد (ḥurriyyat at-taʕabbud) — the right to hold any religious beliefs
  • Bulgarian: свобода на вероизповеданието (svoboda na veroizpovedanieto) — the right to hold any religious beliefs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 宗教自由 (zōngjiào zìyóu) — the right to hold any religious beliefs
  • Danish: religionsfrihed — the right to hold any religious beliefs
  • Dutch: godsdienstvrijheid — the right to hold any religious beliefs
  • Finnish: uskonnonvapaus — the right to hold any religious beliefs
  • French: liberté de religion — the right to hold any religious beliefs
  • French: liberté de culte — the right to hold any religious beliefs
  • Galician: liberdade de relixión — the right to hold any religious beliefs
  • Georgian: რელიგიის თავისუფლება (religiis tavisupleba) — the right to hold any religious beliefs
  • Georgian: აღმსარებლობის თავისუფლება (aɣmsareblobis tavisupleba) — the right to hold any religious beliefs
  • German: Glaubensfreiheit — the right to hold any religious beliefs
  • German: Religionsfreiheit — the right to hold any religious beliefs
  • Greek: ανεξιθρησκία (anexithriskía) — the right to hold any religious beliefs
  • Hungarian: vallásszabadság — the right to hold any religious beliefs
  • Japanese: 信教の自由 (shinkyō no jiyū) — the right to hold any religious beliefs
  • Korean: 종교(宗敎)의 자유 (jonggyo-ui jayu) — the right to hold any religious beliefs
  • Māori: manawhiri whakapono — the right to hold any religious beliefs
  • Norwegian Bokmål: religionsfrihet — the right to hold any religious beliefs
  • Polish: wolność wyznania — the right to hold any religious beliefs
  • Portuguese: liberdade de religião — the right to hold any religious beliefs
  • Russian: свобо́да вероиспове́дания (svobóda veroispovédanija) — the right to hold any religious beliefs
  • Serbo-Croatian: pravo na religiju — the right to hold any religious beliefs
  • Spanish: libertad de culto — the right to hold any religious beliefs
  • Swedish: religionsfrihet — the right to hold any religious beliefs
  • Swedish: trosfrihet — the right to hold any religious beliefs
  • Vietnamese: tự do tín ngưỡng — the right to hold any religious beliefs
  • Vietnamese: tự do tôn giáo — the right to hold any religious beliefs