LIBERTY
\lˈɪbəti], \lˈɪbəti], \l_ˈɪ_b_ə_t_i]\
Definitions of LIBERTY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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an act of undue intimacy
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leave granted to a sailor or naval officer
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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"
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personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression
By Princeton University
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an act of undue intimacy
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leave granted to a sailor or naval officer
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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"
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personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon locomotion.
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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.
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Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the commercial cities of Europe.
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The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or jurisdiction is exercised.
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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.
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A privilege or license in violation of the laws of etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty.
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The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from compulsion or constraint in willing.
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A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the tongue of the horse.
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Leave of absence; permission to go on shore.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon locomotion.
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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.
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Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the commercial cities of Europe.
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The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or jurisdiction is exercised.
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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.
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A privilege or license in violation of the laws of etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty.
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The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from compulsion or constraint in willing.
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A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the tongue of the horse.
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Leave of absence; permission to go on shore.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Freedom to do as one pleases: freedom from restraint: the unrestrained enjoyment of natural rights: privilege: exemption: leave: relaxation of restraint: the bounds within which certain privileges are enjoyed: freedom of speech or action beyond ordinary civility.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin] Freedom from restraint; state of being unconfined as the body, or uncontrolled, as the mind;— power to act according to one’s inclination, subject only to the laws of nature— called natural liberty;— the same power abridged by civil law— called civil liberty;— right to worship God, in private or in public, in any form, system, or organization, subject only to the law of civil liberty — called religious liberty;— any specific act or instance of freedom;— permission; leave;— privilege; immunity; exemption;— the place or limit within which any particular freedom or privilege is allowed;— freedom of act or speech unduly taken in social intercourse;— the power of choice.
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