liberty

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UK /ˈlɪb.ɪ.ti/ US /ˈlɪb.ɚ.ti/

noun 6name 5

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(noun.)

ADJ

great | complete

basic

Everyone deserves access to basic liberties such as freedom of speech and the right to a fair trial.

civil, individual, personal, political, religious

VERB + LIBERTY

enjoy, have | demand, fight for

win

The country won its liberty after years of fighting for independence from colonial rule.

lose

After the accident, he lost his liberty for six months while recovering in the hospital.

defend, protect, safeguard

Many people fought to safeguard liberty for future generations.

threaten

Strict government rules threatened the liberty of people to speak freely.

erode, restrict

The government's new policies have restricted our liberty to travel freely across borders.

deny, deprive sb of, destroy

allow sb, give sb

The new manager gave employees liberty to work from home twice a week.

PREP

at ~

The political activist has been at liberty since the court dismissed all charges against her.

~ for

The government granted liberty for all political prisoners after the peace agreement.

~ from

The new laws promised citizens liberty from unfair workplace discrimination.

PHRASES

an infringement of liberty, loss of liberty, a threat to liberty

Definitions

noun

The condition of being free.

The army is here, your liberty is assured.

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that "all men are created equal"^([sic])

The condition of being free from imprisonment, slavery or forced labour.

The prisoners gained their liberty from an underground tunnel.

The condition of being free to act, believe or express oneself as one chooses.

Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.

I'd gie my ſhoon frae aff my feet, / To taſte ſic fruit, I ſwear, man. / Syne let us pray, auld England may / Sure plant this far-famed tree, man; / And blythe we'll ſing, and hail the day / That gave us liberty, man.

Freedom from excessive government control.

The threat of terrorism to the British lies in the overreaction to it of British governments. Each one in turn clicks up the ratchet of surveillance, intrusion and security. Each one diminishes liberty.

A short period when a sailor is allowed ashore.

We're going on a three-day liberty as soon as we dock.

name

A surname.

A unisex given name.

Then last came Liberty. What a name, Mason always thought. It was an invention of her mother's―a flighty woman who had run away from Porter with a hippie stereo salesman eight and a half years ago and discovered immediately afterward that she was two months pregnant.

A unisex given name.

A number of places in the United States, including:

noun

Used attributively to designate various items (especially textiles) sold by (or characteristic of) the Liberty department store in Regent Street, London.

It had long been dismantled of the Liberty curtains, Persian rugs, and cheap Japaneseries.

The piano was draped in Liberty silk and so was the chimney-piece.

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Synonyms

noun — an act of undue intimacy

noun — immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political ind

autonomy

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

take the liberty

To act on one's own authority, without asking for permission.

I took the liberty of adding your name to the list.

Example Bank

The army is here, your liberty is assured.

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Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that "all men are created equal"^([sic])

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But as the philosopher Isaiah Berlin sagely pointed out, liberty for wolves means death to lambs.

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It had long been dismantled of the Liberty curtains, Persian rugs, and cheap Japaneseries.

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The piano was draped in Liberty silk and so was the chimney-piece.

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