liberty

Meanings

Plural: liberties

Noun

• immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
• 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"
• personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression
• leave granted to a sailor or naval officer
• an act of undue intimacy
• The condition of being free from control or restrictions.
• The condition of being free from imprisonment, slavery or forced labour.
• The condition of being free to act, believe or express oneself as one chooses.
• Freedom from excessive government control.
• A short period when a sailor is allowed ashore.
• A breach of social convention.
• A local division of government administration in medieval England.
• An empty space next to a group of stones of the same color.

Synonyms

autonomy, familiarity, freedom, impropriety, indecorum, shore leave

Related Words

liberal, liberalism, liberate, libertarian, libertarianism, liberticidal, liberticide, libertine