Meaning of liberty | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
2. A surname from French.
   countable, uncountable
3. Used attributively to designate various items (especially textiles) sold by (or characteristic of) the Liberty department store in Regent Street, London.
   uncountable
4. liberty, freedom
5. The condition of being free.
   countable, uncountable
6. The condition of being free from imprisonment, slavery or forced labour.
   countable, uncountable
7. A freed slave surname originating as an occupation.
   countable, uncountable
8. latitude, leeway
9. The condition of being free to act, believe or express oneself as one chooses.
   countable, uncountable
10. A unisex given name.
    countable, uncountable
11. A female given name from English.
    countable, uncountable
12. second-person plural imperative of libertar
13. Freedom from excessive government control.
    countable, uncountable
14. A male given name from English.
    countable, uncountable
15. A short period when a sailor is allowed ashore.
    countable, uncountable
16. A number of places in the United States, including:
    countable, uncountable
17. A town, the county seat of Union County, Indiana.
    countable, uncountable
18. A breach of social convention.
    countable, often, plural, uncountable
19. A minor city in Montgomery County, Kansas.
    countable, uncountable
20. A local division of government administration in medieval England.
    countable, historical, uncountable
21. A city, the county seat of Casey County, Kentucky.
    countable, uncountable
22. An empty space next to a group of stones of the same color.
    countable, uncountable
23. A town, the county seat of Amite County, Mississippi.
    countable, uncountable
24. A city, the county seat of Clay County, Missouri.
    countable, uncountable
25. A town and village therein, in Sullivan County, New York.
    countable, uncountable
26. A city, the county seat of Liberty County, Texas.
    countable, uncountable
27. A town in Grant County, Wisconsin.
    countable, uncountable
28. A town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
    countable, uncountable
29. A town in Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
    countable, uncountable
30. A town and unincorporated community therein, in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
    countable, uncountable
31. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Liberty Township.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The army is here, your liberty is assured.”

“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that "all men are created equal"^([sic])”

“But as the philosopher Isaiah Berlin sagely pointed out, liberty for wolves means death to lambs.”

“[Edmund] Burke continued to fight for liberty later on in life. He backed Americans in their campaign for freedom from British taxation. He supported Catholic freedoms and freer trade with Ireland, in spite of his constituents’ ire. He wanted more liberal laws on the punishment of debtors.”

“Now liberal cultural power has increased, the ACLU doesn’t seem very interested in the liberties of non-progressives anymore, and Dr. Seuss sells as pricey samizdat.”

“The prisoners gained their liberty from an underground tunnel.”

“Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.”

“I'd gie my ſhoon frae aff my feet, / To taſte ſic fruit, I ſwear, man. / Syne let us pray, auld England may / Sure plant this far-famed tree, man; / And blythe we'll ſing, and hail the day / That gave us liberty, man.”

“The threat of terrorism to the British lies in the overreaction to it of British governments. Each one in turn clicks up the ratchet of surveillance, intrusion and security. Each one diminishes liberty.”

“We're going on a three-day liberty as soon as we dock.”

“You needn't take such liberties.”

“Then last came Liberty. What a name, Mason always thought. It was an invention of her mother's―a flighty woman who had run away from Porter with a hippie stereo salesman eight and a half years ago and discovered immediately afterward that she was two months pregnant.”

“It had long been dismantled of the Liberty curtains, Persian rugs, and cheap Japaneseries.”

“The piano was draped in Liberty silk and so was the chimney-piece.”

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