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.
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 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.