liberty

Definition

The condition of being free.

Etymology

From Middle English liberte, from Old French liberté, from Latin libertas (“freedom”), from liber (“free”); see liberal.

Example Sentences

• "The army is here, your liberty is assured."
• "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that "all men are created equal"^([sic])"
• "But as the philosopher Isaiah Berlin sagely pointed out, liberty for wolves means death to lambs."

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