Liberty

Word LIBERTY
Character 7
Hyphenation lib er ty
Pronunciations /ˈlɪbɚti/

Definitions and meanings of "Liberty"

What do we mean by liberty?

The condition of being free from confinement, servitude, or forced labor. noun

The condition of being free from oppressive restriction or control by a government or other power. noun

A right to engage in certain actions without control or interference by a government or other power. noun

The right or power to act as one chooses. noun

A deliberate departure from what is proper, accepted, or prudent, especially. noun

A breach or overstepping of propriety or social convention. noun

A departure from strict compliance. noun

A deviation from accepted truth or known fact. noun

An unwarranted risk; a chance. noun

A period, usually short, during which a sailor is authorized to go ashore. noun

(at liberty) Not in confinement or under constraint; free. idiom

(at liberty) Entitled or permitted to do something. idiom

(take the liberty) To dare (to do something) on one's own initiative or without asking permission. idiom

The state of being free, or exempt from external restraint or constraint, physical or moral; freedom; especially, exemption from opposition or irksome restraint of any kind. noun

Specifically Freedom of the will; the power of election or free choice, undetermined by any necessity; exemption from internal compulsion or restraint in willing or volition. noun

The condition of being exempt, as a community or an individual, from foreign or arbitrary political control; a condition of political self-government. noun

In law, freedom from all restraints except such as the lawful rights of others prescribe.— noun

Permission granted, as by a superior, to do something that one might not otherwise do; leave; specifically, permission granted to enlisted men in the navy to go on shore. Compare liberty-man. noun

Immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant; privilege; exemption; franchise: as, the liberties of the commercial cities of Europe. noun

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.

(often plural) A breach of social convention.

A local division of government administration in medieval England.

(game of go) an empty space next to a group of stones of the same color.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Liberty

The word "liberty" in example sentences

The argument in question proceeds on the notion that government can restrain nothing, unless it restrain the natural liberty of mankind; whereas, we have seen, the law which forbids the perpetration of mischief, or any other wrong, is a restriction, not upon the _liberty_, but upon the _tyranny_, of the human will. ❋ E. N. [Editor] Elliott (N/A)

Constitution, and this, because it is a legal rule to argue down from generals to particulars, and that the "words of a statute ought not to be interpreted to destroy natural justice;" but as Coke says, "Whenever the question of liberty runs doubtful, _the decision must be given in favor of liberty_." ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

In such cases it was not religious liberty that caused the formation of new movements and new sects, but _the lack of religious liberty_. ❋ Unknown (1913)

And one thing hath been obtained in this treaty which never before was since the Inquisition was set up here, —that our people which trade thither have liberty of conscience, —liberty to worship in chapels of their own. ❋ Unknown (1906)

A Negro whose soul, galling under the destroying influence of slavery, went forth a freeman, went forth not only to fight for _his_ liberty, but to give his life as an offering upon the altar of _American liberty_. ❋ George W. Williams (1870)

'On my life, Stanley, I'll acquaint Mr. Wylder this evening with what you meditate, and the atrocious liberty you presume -- yes, Sir, though you are my brother, the _atrocious liberty_ you dare to take with my name -- unless you promise, upon your honour, now and here, to dismiss for ever the odious and utterly resultless scheme.' ❋ Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1843)

Thus, a vast concern is expressed for the “liberty of the press, ” and the utmost abhorrence of its “licentiousness”: but then, by the licentiousness of the press is meant every disclosure by which any abuse is brought to light and exposed to shame—by the “liberty of the press” is meant only publications from which no such inconvenience is to be apprehended; and the fallacy consists in employing the sham approbation of liberty as a mask for the real opposition to all free discussion. ❋ Unknown (1909)

_affirming the instinct of liberty, _ when God calls them to learn of him how _much liberty_ he gives, and _how_ he gives it, and _when_ he gives it, if they have so yielded to this law of their nature as to make them despise the word of the Lord. ❋ Unknown (1839)

II. ii.420 (221,6) For the law of writ, and the liberty, these are the only men] All the modern editions have, _the law of_ wit, _and the liberty_; but both my old copies have, _the law of_ writ, I believe rightly. ❋ Samuel Johnson (1746)

Since early in the twentieth century, the Court has interpreted the word liberty, which is expressly protected from interference by the federal government by the Fifth Amendment and from interference by state and local governments by the Fourteenth Amendment, to include important aspects of personal autonomy. ❋ Erwin Chemerinsky (2010)

Just because (you think ...) a reduction in liberty is worth it, because of the benefits it brings, doesn't mean it's not a reduction in liberty. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If so, there should be debate about whether the price in liberty is worth the potential benefits. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Heck, everybody who believes in liberty is “pro-choice,” for that matter. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Page 11 would likely have confused the term liberty with license, and been easily influenced to believe that "might makes right," it was the thoughtful negro whose gratitude, to former master or mistress, caused him to interpose in behalf of the white people. ❋ Unknown (1913)

Their first step in liberty is to repeal the ten commandments, especially the seventh. ❋ Unknown (1869)

The truth is, we must quit the region of dead, inert, passive matter, if we would form an idea of the true meaning of the term liberty, as applied to the activity of living agents. ❋ Albert Taylor Bledsoe (1843)

Having pronounced the term liberty, as applied to the will, to be a word without meaning, he proceeds to justify the infliction of punishment on the same grounds on which it is vindicated by Hobbes and ❋ Albert Taylor Bledsoe (1843)

Observance of God as the chief authority enables what we call liberty, which is not an anarchical condition of absolute freedom, but the ability to act on one's own judgment, constrained only by the rights of others, and accountable only to the Divine. ❋ Fightin Words (2010)

With the Mayor's blessing, they literally privatized the word "liberty." ❋ RJ (2011)

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