Dictionary
lib•er•ty
Pronunciation: (lib'ur-tē), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -ties.
1. freedom from arbitrary or despotic government or control.
2. freedom from external or foreign rule; independence.
3. freedom from control, interference, obligation, restriction, hampering conditions, etc.; power or right of doing, thinking, speaking, etc., according to choice.
4. freedom from captivity, confinement, or physical restraint:
The prisoner soon regained his liberty.
5. permission granted to a sailor, esp. in the navy, to go ashore.
6. freedom or right to frequent or use a place:
The visitors were given the liberty of the city.
7. unwarranted or impertinent freedom in action or speech, or a form or instance of it:
to take liberties.
8. a female figure personifying freedom from despotism.
9. at liberty,
a. free from captivity or restraint.
b. unemployed; out of work.
c. free to do or be as specified:
You are at liberty to leave at any time during the meeting. Lib•er•ty
Pronunciation: (lib'ur-tē), [key]—
n.
a town in W Missouri. 16,251.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
