liberty
n.
freedom from outside control, independence; power to think and act freely; emancipation; freedom from captivity; right, privilege; presumption, forwardness, impertinence
Liberty
Liberty is generally considered a
concept of
political philosophy and identifies the condition in which an
individual has the ability to act according to his or her own
will.
Individualist and
liberal conceptions of liberty relate to the freedom of the individual from outside compulsion; A
socialist perspective, on the other hand, associates liberty with equality. As such, a socialist connects liberty (i.e. freedom) to the equal distribution of power (i.e. democracy), arguing that liberty without equality amounts to the
domination of the most
powerful. Thus, freedom and democracy are seen as intrinsically connected.
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liberty
Noun
1. immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
(synonym) autonomy
(hypernym) independence, independency
(hyponym) self-government, self-determination, self-rule
(derivation) emancipate, liberate
2. 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"
(hypernym) freedom
(hyponym) license, licence
(derivation) liberate, set free
3. personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression
(hypernym) freedom
(derivation) free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose
4. leave granted to a sailor or naval officer
(synonym) shore leave
(hypernym) leave, leave of absence
5. an act of undue intimacy
(synonym) familiarity, impropriety, indecorum
(hypernym) misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed
liberty (stile liberty)
adj.
(Art) Nouveau
Liberty
(n.)
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.
(n.)
The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from compulsion or constraint in willing.
(n.)
The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or jurisdiction is exercised.
(n.)
Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the commercial cities of Europe.
(n.)
Leave of absence; permission to go on shore.
(n.)
Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon locomotion.
(n.)
A privilege or license in violation of the laws of etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the tongue of the horse.
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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