Noun: liberty li-bu(r)-tee
- Immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
"The declaration of independence asserted the colony's liberty from the crown";
- autonomy
- Personal freedom from servitude, confinement or oppression
"The slaves yearned for liberty"
- Freedom of choice
"liberty — perfect liberty — to think or feel or do just as one pleases"; "at liberty to choose whatever occupation one wishes"; "liberty of opinion"; "liberty of worship"
- Leave granted to a sailor or naval officer
"The sailors enjoyed their liberty in the port city";
- shore leave
- An act of undue intimacy
"His liberty with the boss's daughter at the office party was seen as an impropriety";
- familiarity, impropriety, indecorum
Derived forms: liberties
Type of: freedom, independence, independency, leave, leave of absence, misbehavior [US], misbehaviour [Brit, Cdn], misdeed, misdoing
Encyclopedia: Liberty, Rowan County, North Carolina