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Liberty

//ˈlɪb.ɚ.ti// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.; A surname from French. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A surname.; A freed slave surname originating as an occupation. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A unisex given name.; A female given name from English. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  4. 4
    A unisex given name.; A male given name from English. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States, including:; A town, the county seat of Union County, Indiana. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States, including:; A minor city in Montgomery County, Kansas. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States, including:; A city, the county seat of Casey County, Kentucky. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States, including:; A town, the county seat of Amite County, Mississippi. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States, including:; A city, the county seat of Clay County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States, including:; A town and village therein, in Sullivan County, New York. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States, including:; A city, the county seat of Liberty County, Texas. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States, including:; A town in Grant County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States, including:; A town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States, including:; A town in Outagamie County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United States, including:; A town and unincorporated community therein, in Vernon County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    A number of places in the United States, including:; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Liberty Township. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being free. countable, uncountable

    "The army is here, your liberty is assured."

  2. 2
    Used attributively to designate various items (especially textiles) sold by (or characteristic of) the Liberty department store in Regent Street, London. uncountable

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

  3. 3
    an act of undue intimacy wordnet
  4. 4
    The condition of being free from imprisonment, slavery or forced labour. countable, uncountable

    "The prisoners gained their liberty from an underground tunnel."

  5. 5
    immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence wordnet
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  1. 6
    The condition of being free to act, believe or express oneself as one chooses. countable, uncountable

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

  2. 7
    freedom of choice wordnet
  3. 8
    Freedom from excessive government control. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  4. 9
    personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression wordnet
  5. 10
    A short period when a sailor is allowed ashore. countable, uncountable

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

  6. 11
    leave granted to a sailor or naval officer wordnet
  7. 12
    A breach of social convention. countable, often, plural, uncountable

    "You needn't take such liberties."

  8. 13
    A local division of government administration in medieval England. countable, historical, uncountable
  9. 14
    An empty space next to a group of stones of the same color. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English liberte, from Old French liberté, from Latin libertas (“freedom”), from liber (“free”); see liberal.

Etymology 2

From liberty.

Etymology 3

From liberty.

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