at ones leisure

noun

freedom from the demands of work or duty: She looked forward to retirement and a life of leisure.

time free from the demands of work or duty, when one can rest, enjoy hobbies or sports, etc.: Most evenings he had the leisure in which to follow his interests.

unhurried ease: a work written with leisure and grace.

adjective

free or unoccupied: leisure hours.

having leisure: the leisure class.

(of clothing) suitable to or adapted for wear during leisure; casual: a leisure jacket.

designed or intended for recreational use: leisure products like bowling balls and video games.

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Idioms

at leisure,

with free or unrestricted time.

without haste; slowly.

out of work; unemployed: Because of the failure of the magazine, many experienced editors are now at leisure.

at one's leisure, when one has free time; at one's convenience: Take this book and read it at your leisure.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English leisir < Old French, noun use of infinitive ≪ Latin licēre to be permitted

Related forms

lei·sur·a·ble, adjective

lei·sure·less, adjective

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leisure (ˈlɛʒə, US ˈliːʒər)

—n
1.	a. time or opportunity for ease, relaxation, etc
	b. (as modifier): leisure activities
2.	ease or leisureliness
3.	at leisure
	a. having free time for ease, relaxation, etc
	b. not occupied or engaged
	c. without hurrying
4.	at one's leisure when one has free time

[C14: from Old French leisir; ultimately from Latin licēre to be allowed]

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leisure

c.1300, "opportunity to do something," also "time at one's disposal," from O.Fr. leisir (Fr. loisir) "permission, leisure, spare time," noun use of infinitive leisir "be permitted," from L. licere "be permitted" (see licence). The -u- appeared 16c., probably on analogy

of words like pleasure. Related: Leisurely.

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"We occasionally rested in the shade of a maple or a willow, and drew forth a melon for our refreshment, while we contemplated at our leisure the lapse of the river and of human life; and as that current, with its floating twigs and leaves, so did all things pass in review before us, while far away in cities and marts on this very stream, the old routine was proceeding still. There is, indeed, a tide in the affairs of men, as the poet says, and yet as things flow they circulate, and the ebb always balances the flow. All streams are but tributary to the ocean, which itself does not stream, and the shores are unchanged, but in longer periods than man can measure. Go where we will, we discover infinite change in particulars only, not in generals."

-Henry David Thoreau

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