noun leave of absence; permission to go on shore.
2. liberty ·noun a curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the tongue of the horse.
3. liberty ·noun freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon locomotion.
4. liberty ·noun the place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or jurisdiction is exercised.
5. liberty ·noun the power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from compulsion or constraint in willing.
6. liberty ·noun a privilege or license in violation of the laws of etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty.
7. liberty ·noun privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the commercial cities of europe.
8. liberty ·noun a privilege conferred by a superior power; permission granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to play, or to a witness to leave a court, and the like.
9. liberty ·noun a certain amount of freedom; permission to go freely within certain limits; also, the place or limits within which such freedom is exercised; as, the liberties of a prison.
10. liberty ·noun the state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom;
opposed to slavery, serfdom, bondage, or subjection.