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liberty
1[lib-er-tee]
noun
plural
libertiesfreedom from arbitrary or despotic government or control.
freedom from external or foreign rule; independence.
freedom from control, interference, obligation, restriction, hampering conditions, etc.; power or right of doing, thinking, speaking, etc., according to choice.
freedom from captivity, confinement, or physical restraint.
The prisoner soon regained his liberty.
Synonyms:permission granted to a sailor, especially in the navy, to go ashore.
freedom or right to frequent or use a place.
The visitors were given the liberty of the city.
Synonyms: , , , ,unwarranted or impertinent freedom in action or speech, or a form or instance of it.
to take liberties.
a female figure personifying freedom from despotism.
Liberty
2[lib-er-tee]
noun
a town in W Missouri.
liberty
/ ˈɪəɪ /
noun
the power of choosing, thinking, and acting for oneself; freedom from control or restriction
the right or privilege of access to a particular place; freedom
(often plural) a social action regarded as being familiar, forward, or improper
(often plural) an action that is unauthorized or unwarranted in the circumstances
he took liberties with the translation
authorized leave granted to a sailor
( as modifier )
liberty man
liberty boat
free, unoccupied, or unrestricted
to be overfamiliar or overpresumptuous (with)
to venture or presume (to do something)
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of liberty1
Idioms and Phrases
at liberty,
free from captivity or restraint.
unemployed; out of work.
free to do or be as specified.
You are at liberty to leave at any time during the meeting.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Madeleine Stone, senior advocacy officer at the civil liberties campaign group Big Brother Watch, said they had been contacted by more than 35 people who have complained of being wrongly placed on facial recognition watchlists.
A coalition of 27 press and civil liberties advocacy groups wrote to U.S.
However, he has been a proponent of the administration’s positions on immigration and he was recently named to the president’s religious liberty commission.
During the mid-1970s, under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's imposition of the Emergency, India entered a period where civil liberties were suspended and much of the political opposition was jailed.
This should be shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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