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noun
- 1. (in the US) a medal constituting the highest award that can be given to a civilian in peacetime.
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Joint-highest civilian award of the United States, bestowed by the President
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award of the United States, alongside the Congressional Gold Medal. It is an award bestowed by decision of the president of the United States to "any person recommended to the President for award of the Medal or any person selected by the President upon his own initiative," and was created to recognize people who have made "an especially me... Wikipedia