lib·er·ty
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Audio Help [lib-er-tee] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -ties.
—Idiom
| 1. | freedom from arbitrary or despotic government or control. |
| 2. | freedom from external or foreign rule; independence. |
| 3. | freedom from control, interference, obligation, restriction, hampering conditions, etc.; power or right of doing, thinking, speaking, etc., according to choice. |
| 4. | freedom from captivity, confinement, or physical restraint: The prisoner soon regained his liberty. |
| 5. | permission granted to a sailor, esp. in the navy, to go ashore. |
| 6. | freedom or right to frequent or use a place: The visitors were given the liberty of the city. |
| 7. | unwarranted or impertinent freedom in action or speech, or a form or instance of it: to take liberties. |
| 8. | a female figure personifying freedom from despotism. |
| 9. | at liberty,
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Liberties
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n. pl. lib·er·ties
[Middle English liberte, from Old French, from Latin lībertās, from līber, free; see leudh- in Indo-European roots.] |
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ˈliberties noun plural
privileges, rights etc
Example: civil liberties
See also: liberty, take the liberty ofExample: civil liberties
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