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LIBERTY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An act of undue intimacy
Synonyms:
familiarity; impropriety; indecorum; liberty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("liberty" is a kind of...):
misbehavior; misbehaviour; misdeed (improper or wicked or immoral behavior)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
Synonyms:
autonomy; liberty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("liberty" is a kind of...):
independence; independency (freedom from control or influence of another or others)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "liberty"):
self-determination; self-government; self-rule (government of a political unit by its own people)
Derivation:
liberate (grant freedom to)
liberate (give equal rights to; of women and minorities)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Freedom of choice
Example:
at liberty to choose whatever occupation one wishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("liberty" is a kind of...):
freedom (the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "liberty"):
licence; license (freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech))
latitude (freedom from normal restraints in conduct)
licence; license (excessive freedom; lack of due restraint)
discretion (freedom to act or judge on one's own)
run (unrestricted freedom to use)
Derivation:
liberate (grant freedom to)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("liberty" is a kind of...):
freedom (the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints)
Derivation:
liberate (grant freedom to; free from confinement)
liberate (grant freedom to)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Leave granted to a sailor or naval officer
Synonyms:
liberty; shore leave
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("liberty" is a kind of...):
leave; leave of absence (the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty)
Context examples:
"But," said he, "I could be at liberty to direct myself. Is it not so?"
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Upon which I shall desire liberty, with the reader’s patience, to enlarge a little.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
I felt sure that you was angry with me; and have been quarrelling with myself ever since, for having took such a liberty as to trouble you with my affairs.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Silver, I should say, was allowed his entire liberty, and in spite of daily rebuffs, seemed to regard himself once more as quite a privileged and friendly dependent.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient take liberties or touch or hug others in a way that is out of character for him/her?
(NPI - Take Liberties or Touch or Hug Others, NCI Thesaurus)
What sister would think herself at liberty to do it, unless there were something very objectionable?
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
You’ll excuse the liberty, but if I was you I’d take my pistols with me.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Should I be guilty of a liberty if I lit a cigar and placed it between your lips?
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The bird, delighted with its liberty, rose, flew away and did not come back.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Were she a woman of fortune, I would leave every harmless absurdity to take its chance, I would not quarrel with you for any liberties of manner.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
