Antonyms for liberties
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : lib-er-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɪb ər ti |
Definition of liberties
Origin :- late 14c., "free choice, freedom to do as one chooses," from Old French liberté "freedom, liberty, free will" (14c.), from Latin libertatem (nominative libertas) "freedom, condition of a free man; absence of restraint; permission," from liber "free" (see liberal)
- The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure it is right. [Learned Hand, 1944]
- Nautical sense of "leave of absence" is from 1758. To take liberties "go beyond the bounds of propriety" is from 1620s. Sense of "privileges by grant" (14c.) led to sense of "a person's private land" (mid-15c.), which yielded sense in 18c. England and America of "a district within a county but having its own justice of the peace," and also "a district adjacent to a city and in some degree under its municipal jurisdiction" (e.g. Northern Liberties of Philadelphia). Also cf. Old French libertés "local rights, laws, taxes."
- noun freedom
- We must support our rights or lose our character, and with it, perhaps, our liberties.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Do they think I will grant them liberties that would make me a slave?
- Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge
- You have chidden me, and again will, I doubt not, for the liberties I take with some of your relations.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- It was plainly evident that they were being given no liberties.
- Extract from : « The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields » by Lieut. Howard Payson
- "Yet if I won't have your liberties, I'm free to refuse them," he answered.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- Have you lately observed any encroachment on the just liberties of the people?
- Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin » by Paul Elmer More
- I was astonished at this refusal after the liberties I had taken with her.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- We will not be slaves; we will not be deprived of our liberties.
- Extract from : « Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times » by Charles Carleton Coffin
- I hope that you will forgive the liberties which I have taken in writing like this, but I had to do it.
- Extract from : « 'Smiles' » by Eliot H. Robinson
- He could take what liberties he pleased without any danger of losing her!
- Extract from : « Kept in the Dark » by Anthony Trollope
Synonyms for liberties
- autarchy
- authorization
- autonomy
- birthright
- carte blanche
- choice
- convenience
- decision
- deliverance
- delivery
- dispensation
- emancipation
- enfranchisement
- enlightenment
- exemption
- franchise
- free speech
- immunity
- independence
- leave
- leisure
- liberation
- license
- opportunity
- permission
- power of choice
- prerogative
- privilege
- relaxation
- release
- rest
- right
- sanction
- self-determination
- self-government
- sovereignty
- suffrage
- unconstraint
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