liberty

lib·er·ty

 (lĭb′ər-tē)

n. pl. lib·er·ties

1. The condition of being free from confinement, servitude, or forced labor.

2.

a. The condition of being free from oppressive restriction or control by a government or other power.

b. A right to engage in certain actions without control or interference by a government or other power: the liberties protected by the Bill of Rights.

3. The right or power to act as one chooses: "Her upcountry isolation ... gave her the liberty to be what she wanted to be, free of the pressure of spotlights and literary fashions" (Lucinda Franks).

4. often liberties A deliberate departure from what is proper, accepted, or prudent, especially:

a. A breach or overstepping of propriety or social convention: "I'd leave her with a little kiss on the cheek—I never took liberties" (Harold Pinter).

b. A departure from strict compliance: took several liberties with the recipe.

c. A deviation from accepted truth or known fact: a historical novel that takes liberties with chronology.

d. An unwarranted risk; a chance: took foolish liberties on the ski slopes.

5. A period, usually short, during which a sailor is authorized to go ashore.

Idioms:

at liberty

1. Not in confinement or under constraint; free.

2. Entitled or permitted to do something: We found ourselves at liberty to explore the grounds.

take the liberty

To dare (to do something) on one's own initiative or without asking permission: I took the liberty to send you these pictures of my vacation.

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[Middle English liberte, from Old French, from Latin lībertās, from līber, free; see leudh- in Indo-European roots.]

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liberty

(ˈlɪbətɪ)

n, pl -ties

1. the power of choosing, thinking, and acting for oneself; freedom from control or restriction

2. the right or privilege of access to a particular place; freedom

3. (often plural) a social action regarded as being familiar, forward, or improper

4. (often plural) an action that is unauthorized or unwarranted in the circumstances: he took liberties with the translation.

5. (Nautical Terms)

a. authorized leave granted to a sailor

b. (as modifier): liberty man; liberty boat.

6. at liberty free, unoccupied, or unrestricted

7. take liberties to be overfamiliar or overpresumptuous (with)

8. take the liberty to venture or presume (to do something)

[C14: from Old French liberté, from Latin lībertās, from līber free]

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lib•er•ty

(ˈlɪb ər ti)

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, etc.

4. freedom from captivity, confinement, or physical restraint.

5.

a. permission granted to a sailor to go ashore, usu. for less than 24 hours.

b. the time spent 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.

Idioms:

at liberty,

a. free from captivity or restraint.

b. free to do or be as specified.

[1325–75; Middle English liberte < Middle French < Latin lībertās=līber free + -tās -ty²]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	liberty - immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence autonomy self-determination, self-government, self-rule - government of a political unit by its own people independence, independency - freedom from control or influence of another or others
	2.	liberty - 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" freedom - the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints licence, license - freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech) latitude - freedom from normal restraints in conduct; "the new freedom in movies and novels"; "allowed his children considerable latitude in how they spent their money" licence, license - excessive freedom; lack of due restraint; "when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant; "the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke discretion - freedom to act or judge on one's own run - unrestricted freedom to use; "he has the run of the house"
	3.	liberty - personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression freedom - the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints
	4.	liberty - leave granted to a sailor or naval officer shore leave leave, leave of absence - the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty; "a ten day's leave to visit his mother"
	5.	liberty - an act of undue intimacy     indecorum, impropriety, familiarity misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed - improper or wicked or immoral behavior

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liberty

noun

1. independence, sovereignty, liberation, autonomy, immunity, self-determination, emancipation, self-government, self-rule Such a system would be a blow to the liberty of the people.

2. freedom, liberation, redemption, emancipation, deliverance, manumission, enfranchisement, unshackling, unfettering Three convictions meant three months' loss of liberty.
freedom restraint, constraint, slavery, imprisonment, captivity, tyranny, enslavement, restriction, duress

at liberty

3. free, escaped, unlimited, at large, not confined, untied, on the loose, unchained, unbound There is no confirmation that he is at liberty.

4. able, free, allowed, permitted, entitled, authorized I'm not at liberty to say where it is, because the deal hasn't gone through yet.

take liberties or a liberty not show enough respect, show disrespect, act presumptuously, behave too familiarly, behave impertinently She knew she was taking a big liberty in doing this for him without his knowledge.

Quotations
"I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!" [Patrick Henry]
"Liberty is liberty, not equality or fairness or justice or human happiness or a quiet conscience" [Isaiah Berlin Two Concepts of Liberty]
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure" [Thomas Jefferson]
"Liberty is precious - so precious that it must be rationed" [Lenin]
"Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it" [George Bernard Shaw Man and Superman]
"Liberty too must be limited in order to be possessed" [Edmund Burke Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol]
"The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make himself a nuisance to other people" [John Stuart Mill On Liberty]

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

liberty

noun

1. The state of not being in confinement or servitude:

emancipation, freedom, liberation, manumission.

2. The condition of being politically free:

autonomy, freedom, independence, independency, self-government, sovereignty.

3. Departure from normal rules or procedures:

freedom, license.

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Translations

حُريَّة الكَلامحُريَّهحُريَّه، إطْلاق سَراح

svobodaopovážlivost

frihed

FreiheitUngehörigkeit

ελευθερία

libertadatrevimiento

آزادی

vapaus

liberté

आज़ादी

sloboda

szabadság

frelsifrjálsræîivera nærgöngull; taka sér bessaleyfi

libertàlibert...

libertas

laisvėsleisti saupernelyg didelis laisvumas

brīvībafamiliaritātevaļība

vrijheid

liberdade

libertate

свобода

opovážlivosť

svoboda

frihet

hürriyetküstahlıközgürlükserbestlikcüret

آزادی

不受关押或奴役的状态做某事的合法权利或行动自由冒昧失禮自由

liberty

[ˈlɪbətɪ]

A. N

1. (= freedom) → libertad f
individual/personal liberty → libertad f individual/personal
to be at liberty (= free) → estar en libertad
to be at liberty to do sth → tener libertad para hacer algo, ser libre de hacer algo
I'm not at liberty to say who it was → no puedo decir quién fue

2. (= presumption, impertinence) → atrevimiento m
that was rather a liberty on his part → eso fue un atrevimiento por su parte
what a liberty! → ¡qué atrevimiento or descaro!
to take liberties with sb (= be cheeky) → tomarse libertades or demasiadas confianzas con algn; (sexually) → propasarse con algn
to take the liberty of doing sth → tomarse la libertad de hacer algo

B. CPD liberty bodice (o.f.) N → camiseta f interior

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

liberty

[ˈlɪbə^rti] n

(= freedom) → liberté f
to be at liberty [criminal] → être en liberté
to be at liberty to do sth → être libre de faire qch civil liberties

(= presumption) → liberté f
to take the liberty of doing sth → prendre la liberté de faire qch
to take liberties → prendre des libertés

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

liberty

n

→ Freiheit f; individual liberty → die Freiheit des Einzelnen; basic liberties → Grundrechte pl; to set somebody at liberty → jdn auf freien Fuß setzen; to be at liberty (criminal etc) → frei herumlaufen; (= not busy) → Zeit haben; to be at liberty to do something (= be permitted) → etw tun dürfen; I am not at liberty to comment → es ist mir nicht gestattet, darüber zu sprechen; you are at liberty to go → es steht Ihnen frei zu gehen; is he at liberty to come? → darf er kommen?

(= presumptuous action, behaviour) I have taken the liberty of giving your name → ich habe mir erlaubt, Ihren Namen anzugeben; to take liberties with the truth → es mit der Wahrheit nicht so genau nehmen; to take liberties with somebody → sich jdm gegenüber Freiheiten herausnehmen; what a liberty! (inf) → so eine Frechheit!

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

liberty

[ˈlɪbətɪ] n → libertà f inv
liberty of conscience → libertà di coscienza
at liberty (not detained) → in libertà
to be at liberty to do sth → essere libero/a di fare qc
to take the liberty of doing sth → prendersi la libertà di fare qc, permettersi di fare qc
to take liberties → prendersi delle libertà
what a liberty! (fam) → come ti permetti? (or si permette? )

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

liberty

(ˈlibəti) noun

1. freedom from captivity or from slavery. He ordered that all prisoners should be given their liberty. vryheid حُريَّه، إطْلاق سَراح свобода liberdade svoboda die Freiheit frihed ελευθερίαlibertad vabadus آزادی vapaus libertéחירות स्वतन्त्रता वैयक्तिक sloboda szabadság kemerdekaan frelsi libertà 解放 자유 laisvė brīvība kebebasan vrijheid frihetwolność آزادى liberdade libertate свобода sloboda prostost sloboda frihet อิสรภาพ özgürlük, hürriyet 解放, 釋放 воля, свобода قید ، غلامی سے نجات sự giải phóng 自由（不受关押或奴役的状态）

2. freedom to do as one pleases. Children have a lot more liberty now than they used to. vryheid حُريَّه свобода liberdade svoboda die Freiheit frihed ελευθερίαlibertad vabadus آزادی olla lupa tehdä jtk libertéחופש स्वेच्छाचारिता sloboda djelovanja szabadság kebebasan frjálsræði libertà 自由 의지(선택)의 자유 laisvė brīvība kebebasan vrijheid frihetswoboda آزادى liberdade liber­tate свобода sloboda svoboda sloboda frihet อิสรภาพ özgürlük, serbestlik 自由 свобода خود مختاری sự tự do 自由（做某事的合法权利或行动自由）

3. (especially with take) too great freedom of speech or action. I think it was (taking) a liberty to ask her such a question! vryheid neem حُريَّة الكَلام волност liberdade opovážlivost die Ungehörigkeit frihed υπερβολικό θάρρος libertad (endale) vabadus(t võtma) آزادی بیان toimia omavaltaisesti liberté לְהַרשוֹת לְעַצמוֹ יוֹתֵר מִדָי अवांछनीय व्यवहार preslobodno ponašanje merészség lancang vera nærgöngull; taka sér bessaleyfi libertà 勝手なふるまい 지나친 자유 pernelyg didelis laisvumas, familiarumas, įžūlumas vaļība; familiaritāte lancang vrijpostigheid frihettupet د وينا آزادى liberdade insolenţă вольность opovážlivosť predrznost sloboda [ta sig] friheter อิสระเสรี cüret, küstahlık 冒昧, 失禮 вільність, безцеремонність اپنے قول اور فعل پر اختیار quyền tự do 冒昧，失禮（做某事的合法权利或行动自由）

ˈliberties noun plural

privileges, rights etc. civil liberties. vryhede الحُريّات والحُقوق المَدَنِيَّه свободи direitos svobody das Privileg rettigheder; -rettigheder ελευθερίες, προνόμια privilegios, derechos õigused حقوق؛ آزادی ها oikeudet libertés זְכוּיוֹת अधिकार, अनुज्ञा građanska prava előjogok hak réttindi privilegi, diritti 特権 권리 laisvės, teisės privilēģijas hak kebebasan vrijhedenprivilegier; rettigheter swobody حقونه،آزادى direitos privilegii, drepturi свободы slobody svoboščine slobode fri- och rättigheter, privilegier สิทธิขั้นพื้นฐาน özgürlükler, haklar 特權﹐權力 привілеї, вільності اختیارات، آزادیاں quyền tự do 特权，权力

take the liberty of

to do without permission. I took the liberty of moving the papers from your desk – I hope you don't mind. die vryheid neem om te يُعْطي لِنَفْسِه الحُريَّه позволявам си tomar a liberdade dovolit si sich die Freiheit nehmen, etwas zu tun tage sig den frihed at παίρνω το θάρρος tomarse la libertad de julgema بدون اجازه کاری کردن toimia omin luvin prendre la liberté de לְהַרשוֹת לְעַצמוֹ की धृष्टता करना biti slobodan bátorkodik tenni vmit berbuat lancang leyfa sér prendersi la libertà di 勝手に～する 마음대로 ...하다 leisti sau (ką padaryti) atļauties kaut ko darīt melakukan sesuatu tanpa kebenaran zo vrij zijn ta seg den frihet å, være så fri åpozwolić sobie پرته له اجازى يو كار كول tomar a liberdade a-şi lua libertatea осмеливаться dovoliť si dovoliti si dati sebi slobodu ta sig friheten att ... ใช้สิทธิขั้นพื้นฐาน cesaret etmek, yüreklilik göstermek 擅自做某事 дозволити собі بغیر اجازت کرنا mạn phép 擅自做某事

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liberty

n. libertad;

to be at ___ to → tener ___ para.

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