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Liberty

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Noun

1. autonomy, liberty

immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence

2. liberty

freedom of choice

Example Sentences:
'liberty of opinion'
'liberty of worship'
'liberty--perfect liberty--to think or feel or do just as one pleases'
'at liberty to choose whatever occupation one wishes'

3. liberty

personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression

4. liberty, shore leave

leave granted to a sailor or naval officer

5. familiarity, impropriety, indecorum, liberty

an act of undue intimacy

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Liberty

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noun plural -ties
1. 
the power of choosing, thinking, and acting for oneself; freedom from control or restriction
2. 
the right or privilege of access to a particular place; freedom
3. (often plural)
a social action regarded as being familiar, forward, or improper
4. (often plural)
an action that is unauthorized or unwarranted in the circumstances
he took liberties with the translation
5. 
a. 
authorized leave granted to a sailor
b. 
(as modifier)
liberty man
liberty boat
6.  at liberty
7.  take liberties
8.  take the liberty

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Liberty

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nounWord forms: plural ˈliberties
1. 
freedom or release from slavery, imprisonment, captivity, or any other form of arbitrary control
2. 
the sum of rights and exemptions possessed in common by the people of a community, state, etc.
see also civil liberties, political liberty
3. 
a particular right, franchise, or exemption from compulsion
4. 
a too free, too familiar, or impertinent action or attitude
5. 
the limits within which a certain amount of freedom may be exercised
to have the liberty of the third floor
6. 
a. 
permission given to a sailor to go ashore; specif., in the U.S. Navy, permission given to an enlisted person to be absent from duty for a period ordinarily of 48 hours or less
b. 
the period of time given
7.  Philosophy
freedom to choose; freedom from compulsion or constraint

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Liberty

see synonyms of liberty
n. pl. lib·er·ties
1. The condition of being free from confinement, servitude, or forced labor.
2.
a. The condition of being free from oppressive restriction or control by a government or other power.
b. A right to engage in certain actions without control or interference by a government or other power: the liberties protected by the Bill of Rights.
3. The right or power to act as one chooses: "Her upcountry isolation ... gave her the liberty to be what she wanted to be, free of the pressure of spotlights and literary fashions" (Lucinda Franks).
4. often liberties A deliberate departure from what is proper, accepted, or prudent, especially:
a. A breach or overstepping of propriety or social convention: "I'd leave her with a little kiss on the cheekI never took liberties" (Harold Pinter).
b. A departure from strict compliance: took several liberties with the recipe.
c. A deviation from accepted truth or known fact: a historical novel that takes liberties with chronology.
d. An unwarranted risk; a chance: took foolish liberties on the ski slopes.
5. A period, usually short, during which a sailor is authorized to go ashore.

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