| Noun | 1. | liberty - immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence | |
| 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 run - unrestricted freedom to use; "he has the run of the house" | |
| 3. | liberty - personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppressionfreedom - 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 officerleave, 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 | |