Liberty Definition
- Not in confinement or under constraint; free.
- Entitled or permitted to do something:
We found ourselves at liberty to explore the grounds.
- To dare (to do something) on one's own initiative or without asking permission:
I took the liberty to send you these pictures of my vacation.
- not confined; free
- permitted (to do or say something); allowed
- to be too familiar or impertinent in action or speech
- to deal (with facts, data, etc.) in a distorting way
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Origin of Liberty
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From Middle English liberte, from Old French liberté, from Latin libertas (“freedom"), from liber (“free"); see liberal.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English liberte from Old French from Latin lībertās from līber free leudh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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