liberty (n.)

  1. immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence

    [ Syn: autonomy ]

  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'

  3. personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression

  4. leave granted to a sailor or naval officer

    [ Syn: shore leave ]

  5. an act of undue intimacy

    [ Syn: familiarity , impropriety , indecorum ]

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