liberty
- liberty
- noun
1 FREEDOM (U) the freedom and the right to do whatever you want without asking permission or being afraid of authority: People will resent these restrictions on their liberty.
2 LEGAL RIGHT (countable usually plural) a particular legal right: liberties such as freedom of speech that we take for granted
3 WITHOUT PERMISSION (singular) something you do without asking permission, which may offend or upset someone else: What a diabolical liberty! | take the liberty of doing sth: I took the liberty of cancelling the reservation for you.
4 be at liberty to do sth formal to have the right or permission to do something: I'm afraid that I am not at liberty to discuss these matters.
5 take liberties with sb/sth
a) to make unreasonable changes in something such as a piece of writing: The film-makers took too many liberties with the original novel.
b) old-fashioned to treat someone without respect by being too friendly too quickly, especially in a sexual way: He's been taking liberties with our female staff.
6 at liberty if a prisoner or an animal is at liberty, they are no longer in prison or enclosed in a small place
Longman dictionary of contemporary English.
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