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liberty
1[ lib-er-tee ]
noun
- freedom 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
/ ˈ±ôɪ²úÉ™³Ùɪ /
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
- at libertyfree, unoccupied, or unrestricted
- take libertiesto be overfamiliar or overpresumptuous (with)
- take the libertyto venture or presume (to do something)
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog 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.
More idioms and phrases containing liberty
see at liberty ; take the liberty of .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Legal experts say the authority claimed by Rubio, left unchallenged, would constitute a major erosion of civil liberties in the United States.
Civil liberties groups, activists and some academics have called on more states to tighten regulations on the technology, citing concerns about over-policing in communities of color, among other issues.
Bur critics of such forms of ID have raised concerns about privacy, civil liberties and the collection of data by the state.
“The other way to think about it is, doesn't that jail that has now taken away a person's liberty have an obligation to uphold the human right to provide adequate medical care?â€
But ultimately, they all wanted to uphold the guarantees of the Bill of Rights and civil liberties and uphold things that people could all agree on; something like our constitutional order, the rule of law.
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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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