LIBERTY

n. 1 freedom, independence, self-determination, autonomy, self-rule, self-government, self-direction, sovereignty People have always been willing to die for their liberty 2 right, freedom, franchise, carte blanche, privilege, prerogative, licence, leave, permission, authorization I was given the liberty to go where I pleased 3 freedom, licence, initiative, exemption, exception, privilege On a strict diet, she allowed herself no liberties whatever 4 at liberty. free, uninhibited, unfettered, unconstrained, unrestricted, unrestrained, liberated I was at liberty to do as I pleased 5 take a liberty or the liberty or often liberties. be unrestrained or presumptuous or bold or uninhibited or overfamiliar or forward or aggressive or impudent or impertinent or audacious or improper; display or exercise boldness or impropriety or presumption or presumptuousness or indecorum or unseemliness or boldness or arrogance She thought he was taking liberties in asking her to dance I took the liberty of asking her to accompany me.