freeshipn.
/ˈfriːʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈfriʃɪp/ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [noun]
freedomeOE
freeshiplOE
exemptionc1380
immunityc1384
unpunishmentc1450
impunity1532
faculty1533
licence1551
vacuitya1620
lOE Royal Charter: William I to Certain Bishops, Earls, & Thegns in M. Gibbs Early Charters Cathedral St. Paul (1939) 13 Thol & theam & infeagene þeof & griþbrice & alle frioscipes bi strande & bi lande on tide & of tide.
1309 ( Royal Charter: William I to St. Martin-le-Grand, London in D. Bates Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum (1998) 599 & beon hig wurðe socne & sake & toll & team & infangeneþeof & ealra oðre lage & frigscipe.
1426 Indenture in Cheshire Sheaf (1891) 13 The forsaid Nicolas..shall enfeff Roger..in Maynecote..with all maner freshepez, comoditez, comyns, and easmentez to ye forsaid londez.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > [noun]
freedomeOE
freeshipa1225
freelagec1225
franchisec1300
libertyc1405
largesse1487
a1225 MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 75 He hom helde mid his halie fif wunden..gef hom eche frechipe.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 189 Ær we nulleð mid frescipe faren from ure feonden.
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the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [noun] > liberality
freedomOE
custinessOE
largesse?c1225
freeshipa1250
franchisec1325
largitya1382
largenessa1387
liberalityc1390
bountya1400
honestya1400
freenessc1400
largec1400
liberalnessc1410
munificencec1425
plentyc1425
bounteousnessc1440
magnificencec1450
bountifulness1489
bountines1512
royalty1548
magnificency?c1550
munificency?c1550
free-heartedness1583
profuseness1584
bountihead1590
lavishness1590
frankness1591
ingenuousness1611
fruitfulnessa1616
generosity1634
open-handednessa1640
large-heartedness1640
communicativeness1653
unsparingness1818
free-handedness1860
big-heartedness1872
ungrudgingness1885
two-handedness1891
outgivingness1968
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 176 Luue is heouene stiward, uor hire muchele ureosipe [?c1225 Cleo. freolec, c1230 Corpus Cambr. freolec].
4. Indian English. A free studentship; full funding of a person's studies.
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society > education > educational administration > [noun] > scholarships
scholarship1535
demyship1536
burse1560
exhibition1631
travelling fellowship1694
bursary1733
travelling scholarship1798
studentship1802
Newcastle1832
pupilship1838
Newcastle1845
state scholarship1849
Ireland1861
bursarship1864
schol1888
freeship1893
Rhodes scholarship1902
Fulbright1952
schoolmaster studentship1957
assisted place1977
Rhodes1994
1893 Med. Reporter (Calcutta) 1 Feb. 57/1 Two permanent freeships, each tenable for one year and one of which is for the second and the other for the third year class.
1950 M. M. Chambers Universities World outside U.S.A. 539 Large number of freeships also awarded to deserving students [at the University of Saugar].
1967 Sci. & Culture 33 248/2 Education of boys and girls upto [sic] the age of 14 is to be made compulsory and freeship has also been recommended for a fair percentage at the university.
2006 Econ. Times (India) (Nexis) 12 Oct. Private institutions can only develop if they are allowed to charge reasonable fees, while also providing need based freeships and scholarships for a certain percentage of students.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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