liberty meaning and definition

LIBERTY noun

Definition of liberty (noun)

1. immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
   • synonyms: autonomy
2. freedom of choice
   • "liberty of opinion"; "liberty of worship"; "liberty--perfect liberty--to think or feel or do just as one pleases"; "at liberty to choose whatever occupation one wishes"
3. personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression
4. leave granted to a sailor or naval officer
   • synonyms: shore leave
5. an act of undue intimacy
   • synonyms: familiarity, impropriety, indecorum