Writing Freedom Vocabulary

tyranny

• oppressive power
• violation of power
• limitation of power

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

acquiesce

• accept something reluctantly but without protest
• approve or agree with some hesitation
• put into action

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

constrains

• requires or forces
• corrects moral behavior
• puts into action

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

assent

• approval or agreement
• accept something reluctantly
• correct something reluctantly

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

rectitude

• morally correct behavior or thinking; uprightness
• correction; setting right of something wrong
• seek help from the right person

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

exercise

• putting into action
• violate the action of others
• limit the action of others

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

abridging

• limiting
• requiring or forcing
• correcting

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

petition

• seek help from
• approve or agree
• set right something wrong

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

redress

• correction; setting right of something wrong
• morally correct behavior or thinking; uprightness
• oppressive power

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

infringed

• violated
• limited
• set as a rule

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D