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noun

noun: liberty

1.

the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views.

"compulsory retirement would interfere with individual liberty"

Similar:

independence

freedom

autonomy

sovereignty

self government

self rule

self determination

home rule

civil liberties

civil rights

human rights

autarky

Opposite:

dependence

subjugation

the state of not being imprisoned or enslaved.

"people who have lost property or liberty without due process"

a right or privilege, especially a statutory one.

plural noun: liberties

"the Bill of Rights was intended to secure basic civil liberties"

Similar:

right

birthright

opportunity

facility

prerogative

entitlement

privilege

permission

sanction

leave

consent

authorization

authority

license

clearance

blessing

dispensation

exemption

faculty

carte blanche

Opposite:

constraint

the personification of liberty as a female figure.

noun: Liberty

"the Statue of Liberty"

2.

the power or scope to act as one pleases.

"individuals should enjoy the liberty to pursue their own interests and preferences"

Similar:

freedom

independence

free rein

freeness

license

self-determination

free will

latitude

option

choice

volition

noncompulsion

noncoercion

nonconfinement

leeway

margin

scope

elbow room

Opposite:

constraint

PHILOSOPHY

a person's freedom from control by fate or necessity.

NAUTICAL

shore leave granted to a sailor.

3.

INFORMAL

a presumptuous remark or action.

"how did he know what she was thinking?—it was a liberty!"

Phrases

at liberty

not imprisoned. "he was at liberty for three months before he was recaptured"

take liberties

behave in an unduly familiar manner toward a person. "you've taken too many liberties with me"

take the liberty

venture to do something without first asking permission. "I have taken the liberty of submitting an idea to several of their research departments"

Origin

late Middle English: from Old French liberte, from Latin libertas, from liber ‘free’.

at liberty

phrase of liberty

1.

not imprisoned.

"he was at liberty for three months before he was recaptured"

Similar:

free

on the loose

loose

set loose

at large

unconfined

roaming

unbound

untied

unchained

unshackled

unfettered

unrestrained

unrestricted

wild

untrammeled

escaped

out

sprung

Opposite:

in captivity

imprisoned

2.

allowed or entitled to do something.

"competent adults are generally at liberty to refuse medical treatment"

people were collecting or holding these gold coins until the U.S. Government needed the gold due to a shortage - and then the folks in the government had the right to demand that the citizens had to surrender their cold coins for them to be melted down and then for the government to pay its debt to other countries - that is a difficult situation to feel as if there is any type of freedom -

and now there is an attempt to limit bitcoin and other crypto-currencies?

regulation of these cypto-currencies - will it be an infringement on Liberty as well?

also - notice the continuous movement to tax the rich - a guy goes out and work smart or hard or both enough or inherits or discovers something that people are willing to pay so much for or even creates enough art that so many people like that he becomes reasonably more wealthier or richer than a whole lot of other people - then those whole lot of other people want the ability to simply just take if from that guy - call it taxes and buy stuff for themselves and dribble a little down to the common man

it is not the fault of the rich guy that all of the other folks in the population do not know how to become as rich or richer than he or she is - and there you have Liberty?