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lib·er·ty

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–noun, plural -ties.

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.

—Idiom

at liberty,

a.	free from captivity or restraint.

b.	unemployed; out of work.

c.	free to do or be as specified: You are at liberty to leave at any time during the meeting.

[Origin: 1325–75; ME liberte < MF < L lībertās, equiv. to līber free + -tās -ty²

]

—Synonyms 4. liberation. See freedom. 6. franchise, permission, license, privilege, immunity.

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n. pl. lib·er·ties

1. The condition of being free from restriction or control.
2. The right and power to act, believe, or express oneself in a manner of one's own choosing.
3. The condition of being physically and legally free from confinement, servitude, or forced labor. See Synonyms at freedom.
4. A breach or overstepping of propriety or social convention. Often used in the plural.
5. A statement, attitude, or action not warranted by conditions or actualities: a historical novel that takes liberties with chronology.
6. An unwarranted risk; a chance: took foolish liberties on the ski slopes.
Freedom from unjust or undue governmental control.
A right or immunity to engage in certain actions without control or interference: the liberties protected by the Bill of Rights.
1. A breach or overstepping of propriety or social convention. Often used in the plural.
2. A statement, attitude, or action not warranted by conditions or actualities: a historical novel that takes liberties with chronology.
3. An unwarranted risk; a chance: took foolish liberties on the ski slopes.
A period, usually short, during which a sailor is authorized to go ashore.

[Middle English liberte, from Old French, from Latin lībertās, from līber, free; see leudh- in Indo-European roots.]

privileges, rights etc
Example: civil liberties

Arabic:	الحُريّات والحُقوق المَدَنِيَّه
Chinese (Simplified):	冒昧
Chinese (Traditional):	特權﹐權力
Czech:	svobody
Danish:	rettigheder; -rettigheder
Dutch:	vrijheden
Estonian:	õigused
Finnish:	vapaudet
French:	libertés
German:	das Privileg
Greek:	ελευθερίες, προνόμια
Hungarian:	előjogok
Icelandic:	réttindi
Indonesian:	hak
Italian:	privilegi, diritti

Japanese:	特権
Latvian:	privilēģijas
Lithuanian:	laisvės, teisės
Norwegian:	privilegier; rettigheter
Polish:	swobody
Portuguese (Brazil):	privilégio
Portuguese (Portugal):	direitos
Romanian:	privilegii, drepturi
Russian:	свободы
Slovak:	slobody
Slovenian:	svoboščine
Spanish:	privilegios, derechos
Swedish:	fri- och rättigheter, privilegier
Turkish:	özgürlükler, haklar