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1. (n.) liberty
freedom from arbitrary or despotic government or control.
2. liberty
freedom from external or foreign rule; independence.
3. liberty
freedom from control, interference, obligation, restriction, etc.
4. liberty
freedom from captivity, confinement, or physical restraint.
5. liberty
permission granted to a sailor to go ashore, usu. for less than 24 hours.
6. liberty
the time spent ashore.
7. liberty
freedom or right to frequent or use a place:
The visitors were given the liberty of the city.
8. liberty
unwarranted or impertinent freedom in action or speech, or a form or instance of it:
to take liberties.
9. liberty
a female figure personifying freedom from despotism.
10. liberty
free from captivity or restraint.
11. liberty
free to do or be as specified.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME liberte < MF < L lībertās=līber free +-tās -ty2)
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| Definition of 'liberty' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) autonomy, liberty
immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
2. (noun) liberty
freedom of choice
"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. (noun) liberty
personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression
4. (noun) shore leave, liberty
leave granted to a sailor or naval officer
5. (noun) familiarity, impropriety, indecorum, liberty
an act of undue intimacy
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1. (noun) liberty
freedom
the right to liberty; the law that gave the slaves their liberty
2. liberty
at liberty to
allowed to
The prisoners were not at liberty to speak.
3. liberty
take the liberty of doing
to decide to do sth without asking permission
I took the liberty of moving the furniture around for you.
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| Definition of 'liberty' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) liberty
the state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom, bondage, or subjection
2. (noun) liberty
freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon locomotion
3. (noun) liberty
a privilege conferred by a superior power; permission granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to play, or to a witness to leave a court, and the like
4. (noun) liberty
privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the commercial cities of Europe
5. (noun) liberty
the place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or jurisdiction is exercised
6. (noun) liberty
a certain amount of freedom; permission to go freely within certain limits; also, the place or limits within which such freedom is exercised; as, the liberties of a prison
7. (noun) liberty
a privilege or license in violation of the laws of etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty
8. (noun) liberty
the power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from compulsion or constraint in willing
9. (noun) liberty
a curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the tongue of the horse
10. (noun) liberty
leave of absence; permission to go on shore
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| Definitions of 'liberty' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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liberty
1. A password in universal use, and hence of no value.
2. The slogan of a party or sect that seeks to enslave some other party or sect.
3. The lost latchkey to the Citadel of Power.
4. The sacred aeroplane of King Ego.
5. The right to go forth unimpeded from any place, and also to come back.
6. The Northwest Passage to Nowhere.
7. The thing Patrick Henry asked for when the bartender asked him what he would have.
8. Only a comparative term.
9. Responsibility--that is why most men dread it.
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Sense: freedom from captivity or from slavery
He ordered that all prisoners should be given their liberty.
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 Afrikaans: vryheid |
 Arabic: حُريَّه، إطْلاق سَراح |
 Bulgarian: свобода |
 Brazilian: liberdade |
 Czech: svoboda |
 German: die Freiheit |
 Danish: frihed |
 Greek: ελευθερία (μετά από αιχμα |
 Spanish: libertad |
 Estonian: vabadus |
 Farsi: آزادی |
 Finnish: vapaus |
 French: liberté |
 Hebrew: חֵירוּת |
 Hindi: स्वतन्त्रता वैयक्तिक |
 Croatian: sloboda |
 Hungarian: szabadság |
 Indonesian: kemerdekaan |
 Icelandic: frelsi |
 Italian: libertà |
 Japanese: 解放 |
 Korean: 자유 |
 Lithuanian: laisvė |
 Latvian: brīvība |
 Malay: kebebasan |
 Dutch: vrijheid |
 Norwegian: frihet |
 Polish: wolność |
 Persian: آزادی |
 Pashto: آزادى |
 Portuguese: liberdade |
 Romanian: libertate |
 Russian: свобода |
 Slovak: sloboda |
 Slovenian: prostost |
 Serbian: sloboda |
 Swedish: frihet |
 Thai: อิสรภาพ |
 Turkish: özgürlük, hürriyet |
 Taiwanese: 解放, 釋放 |
 Ukrainian: воля, свобода |
 Urdu: قید ، غلامی سے نجات |
 Vietnamese: sự giải phóng |
 Chinese: 自由（不受关押或奴役的状态） |
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