liberty

Definition of liberty in English English dictionary: A breach of social convention (often liberties)
You needn't take such liberties.; Freedom from excess government control; The condition of being free from control or restrictions
The army is here, your liberty is assured.; A local government unit in medieval England – see liberty; A short period when a sailor is allowed ashore
We're going on a three-day liberty as soon as we dock.; The condition of being free to act, believe or express oneself as one chooses
The prisoners were at liberty to speak freely with their lawyers.; The condition of being free from imprisonment, slavery or forced labour
The prisoners gained their liberty from an underground tunnel.; {n} freedom, leave, permission, privilege; The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from compulsion or constraint in willing; personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression; A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the tongue of the horse; Latin libertas: liber, free The condition of a freeman; freedom from restraint; freedom; Liberty is the freedom to go wherever you want, which you lose when you are a prisoner. Why not say that three convictions before court for stealing cars means three months' loss of liberty; politeness If you say that you have taken the liberty of doing something, you are saying that you have done it without asking permission. People say this when they do not think that anyone will mind what they have done. I took the liberty of going into Assunta's wardrobe, as it was open; I was looking for a towel; the female embodiment of the American concept of freedom and liberty Miss Liberty is a favorite subject on U S coins and she has appeared in a number of different forms; Liberty is a condition that exists when a person has control over hir individual life and property and hir rights are respected; {i} freedom from outside control, independence; power to think and act freely; emancipation; freedom from captivity; right, privilege; presumption, forwardness, impertinence; If someone is at liberty to do something, they have been given permission to do it. The island's in the Pacific Ocean; I'm not at liberty to say exactly where, because we're still negotiating for its purchase. = able; The right or power to be free It is required under democracy; Permission to be absent from a ship, or station for a period up to 48 hours 72 hours on a three-day weekend Anything longer than this is not liberty, but is leave charged to an individual's leave balance; 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; Freedom from unjust or undue governmental control; Freedom from oppression or the domination of a government; Freedom
Freedom is the essence of mathematics. - The essence of mathematics is liberty.; The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or jurisdiction is exercised; 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"; immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence; leave granted to a sailor or naval officer; Is a hybrid bunchgrape once considered suitable for use in Florida and the Gulf States Usually ripens during mid-October for use as a tablegrape However, it has shown problems with Pierce's Disease and uneven ripening of fruit on the bunch and is no longer on the recommended list for Florida; If you take liberties or take a liberty with someone or something, you act in a way that is too free and does not show enough respect. Try and retain the excitement of the event in your writing, without taking liberties with the truth She knew she was taking a big liberty in developing Mick's photos without his knowledge. a short form of the name the National Council for Civil Liberties, which is an independent British organization which aims to defend and increase the rights of ordinary citizens. civil liberty Liberty Party Liberty Sons of personal liberty laws Statue of Liberty National Monument; The state of being free from willed constraints, constraints created by other people A person who is "at liberty" may nonetheless have no freedom, such as the convict who has been released from prison because he is in the final stages of a terminal disease; an act of undue intimacy; 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; Leave of absence; permission to go on shore; 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; Liberty is the freedom to live your life in the way that you want, without interference from other people or the authorities. Wit Wolzek claimed the legislation could impinge on privacy, self determination and respect for religious liberty Such a system would be a fundamental blow to the rights and liberties of the English people. see also civil liberties = freedom; The principle that individuals should be free to act and think as they choose provided they do not infringe unreasonably on the freedom and well-being of others; - includes the freedom to believe what you want, freedom to choose your own friends, and to have your own ideas and opinions, to express your ideas in public, the right for people to meet in groups, and the right to have any lawful job or business; Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the commercial cities of Europe; An empty point adjacent to a block of stones; Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon locomotion; freedom, independence; A privilege or license in violation of the laws of etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty; The quality or state of being free; An area, usually a manor, that is outside a Sheriff's, ( post 14th century Justice of the Peace), jurisdiction; n the quality or state of being free, the positive enjoyment of various social, political, or economic rights and privileges; (aka: Lib) Flyer starts out with one foot in the hands of the main base The flyer's free foot comes up to where her foot is beside her knee; {n} loose
Liberty Cap: an unusual hot spring in Yellowstone National Park
Liberty Cap: a prominent peak on Mount Rainier
Liberty Cap: a celebrated granite dome in Yosemite National Park
liberty cap: a brimless felt cap, such as the Phrygian cap or pileus, emblematic of a slave's manumission in the Ancient World
liberty cap: a magic mushroom, Psilocybe semilanceata
Liberty Bell: bell created in 1751 for use in government ceremonies in Pennsylvania such as the first reading of the Declaration of Independence (original bell was melted and recast in 1753)
Liberty Bell: a bell, kept in Philadelphia, in the US state of Pennsylvania, which was rung on July 8th, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War to tell people of the Declaration of Independence from Britain. Because of this, the bell became a symbol of liberty for the US. In 1846 it cracked when it was rung to celebrate the birthday of George Washington, and it could not be repaired
Liberty Bell Garden: park in Jerusalem (Israel) containing a replica of the American Liberty Bell
Liberty Bell Pavilion: building in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA) which houses the Liberty Bell
Liberty Island: the small island in New York Harbor where the Statue of Liberty stands
Liberty Party: (1840-48) U.S. political party formed by a splinter group of abolitionists. It was created by Arthur Tappan and Theodore Weld in opposition to William Lloyd Garrison, who scorned political action as a futile way to end slavery. At its first party convention in 1840, James Birney was nominated for U.S. president. By 1844 the party had influenced undecided legislators in many local elections to adopt antislavery stands. In 1848 it dissolved when many of its members joined the Barnburners (see Hunkers and Barnburners) to form the Free Soil Party
liberty bell: the bell of Independence Hall; rung 8 July 1776 to announce the signing of the Declaration of Independence
liberty cap: A brimless, limp, conical cap fitting snugly around the head and given to a slave in ancient Rome upon manumission. It was used as a symbol of liberty by the French revolutionaries and was also worn in the United States before 1800. Also called Phrygian cap
liberty cap: before 1800
liberty cap: close-fitting conical cap worn as a symbol of liberty during the French Revolution and in the U
liberty equality and fraternity: freedom egalitarianism and brotherhood (slogan of the French Revolution)
liberty island: an island in New York Bay southwest of Manhattan where the Statue of Liberty stands; "Congress officially changed the name from Bedloe's Island to Liberty Island in 1956
liberty of conscience: freedom of conscience, freedom to chose one's own moral viewpoint
liberty of speech: freedom of speech, freedom to express one's opinions and ideas
liberty of the press: freedom of the press, freedom to publish and distribute one's writings
liberty party: a former political party in the United States; formed in 1839 to oppose the practice of slavery; merged with the Free Soil Party in 1848
liberty ship: a slow cargo ship built during World War II
Land of Liberty: The United States of America
Statue of Liberty: A Statue of Liberty play, which involves a fake in which the quarterback assumes a pose like that of the statue
Statue of Liberty: A pattern where the props are thrown from one hand to the other in a circular motion, with one hand raised significantly above the other
Statue of Liberty: A very large statue in New York harbor considered emblematic of the United States and its attractiveness to voluntary immigrants
give me liberty or give me death: A set-phrase indicating enormous displeasure at any over-authoritarian policy or law
indecent liberty: Sexual behavior beyond social or legal limits
pinching, tickling, rubbing up against, and other forms of contact in places such as elevators and grocery stores may constitute an indecent liberty.
indecent liberty: Any behavior beyond the limits of propriety
Mr. Sheil taunted the Ministers with having, at a private meeting, threatened their supporters with resignation if the Bill were rejected : they had much better have appealed to the country. / Lord Stanley sharply denied that Ministers had taken the indecent liberty imputed to them by Mr. Sheil.
take the liberty: To act on one's own authority
Maybe so, says Joe. They took the liberty of burying him this morning anyhow.
Radio Liberty: U.S.-sponsored radio station located in Prague (established in order to broadcast to citizens of Communist Eastern Europe during the 1950s)
Sons of Liberty: secret groups formed in the US before the American Revolution which wanted the American colonies to be independent of Britain. Organization of American colonists formed in 1765 to oppose the Stamp Act. The name was taken from a speech by Isaac Barré in the British Parliament that referred to American colonials who opposed unjust British measures as "sons of liberty." The group agitated for colonial resistance and helped prevent enforcement of the Stamp Act. After the act's repeal, the organization continued to oppose British measures against the colonists
Statue of Liberty: a statue of a woman on Liberty Island, in New York Harbour, given to the US by France in 1884 to celebrate the American and French revolutions. The woman is holding up a torch in her right hand and represents freedom
Statue of Liberty: statue located off the shores of New York, symbol of America
Statue of Liberty National Monument: National monument, Liberty Island (formerly Bedloe's Island), New York Harbor, New York, U.S. Covering 58 ac (23 ha), it includes the colossal statue Liberty Enlightening the World, sculpted by Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi and dedicated in 1886, and the nearby Ellis Island Museum. The 302-ft (92-m) statue of a woman holding a tablet and upraised torch was given to the U.S. by France and commemorates the friendship of the two countries; a plaque at the pedestal's entrance is inscribed with a sonnet by Emma Lazarus. The Statue of Liberty was declared a national monument in 1924; in 1965 nearby Ellis Island was added to the monument
at liberty: free; authorized
at liberty: not under constraint of any kind; "sailors at liberty while their ship is in port"; "you are at liberty to go"
at liberty: having escaped, especially from confinement; "a convict still at large"; "searching for two escaped prisoners"; "dogs loose on the streets"; "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood"
at liberty(p): not under constraint of any kind; "sailors at liberty while their ship is in port"; "you are at liberty to go
civil liberty: fundamental individual right protected by law and expressed as immunity from unwarranted governmental interference one's freedom to exercise one's rights as guaranteed under the laws of the country
civil liberty: civil liberties the right of all citizens to be free to do whatever they want while respecting the rights of other people. Freedom from arbitrary interference in one's pursuits by individuals or by government. The term is usually used in the plural. Civil liberties are protected explicitly in the constitutions of most democratic countries. (In authoritarian countries, civil liberties are often formally guaranteed in a constitution but ignored in practice.) In the U.S., civil liberties are guaranteed by the Bill of Rights and the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. The Constitution's 13th Amendment prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude; the 14th bars the application of any law that would abridge the "privileges and immunities" of U.S. citizens or deprive any person of "life, liberty, or property...without due process of law" or deny any person equal protection under the law; and the 15th guarantees the right of all U.S. citizens to vote. The related term civil right is often used to refer to one or more of these liberties or indirectly to the obligation of government to protect certain classes of people from violations of one or more of their civil liberties (e.g., the obligation to protect racial minorities from discrimination on the basis of race). In the U.S., civil rights are protected by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and subsequent legislation. See also American Civil Liberties Union
civil liberty: right of a person to do what he wants as long as he harms no one in the process
economic liberty: limited government control in matters of trade
liberties: plural of liberty
personal-liberty laws: Laws passed by U.S. states in the North to counter the Fugitive Slave Acts. Such states as Indiana (1824) and Connecticut (1828) enacted laws giving escaped slaves the right to jury trials on appeal. Vermont and New York (1840) assured fugitives the right of jury trial and provided them with attorneys. Other states forbade state authorities to capture and return fugitives. After the Compromise of 1850, most Northern states enacted further guarantees of jury trials and punishment for illegal seizure. These laws were cited by proslavery interests as assaults on states' rights and as justification for secession
right to liberty: the right to be free
set at liberty: set free
The prisoner was set free yesterday. - The prisoner was set at liberty yesterday.
statue of liberty: a large monumental statue symbolizing liberty on Liberty Island in New York Bay
take the liberty: allow oneself to, feel free to -
take the liberty to: feel free (to do something), allow oneself
was set at liberty: was liberated, was set free, was released