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# liberty

«liberty» in Mova's school dictionary: **freedom: the right to live, speak and act as you choose…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (liberty, liberties)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Liberty is freedom: the right to live, speak and act as you choose without being controlled or imprisoned unfairly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberty/#m1)

2) At liberty means free, not in prison; or (formal) allowed to do something: I am not at liberty to say. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberty/#m2)

3) A liberty is a cheeky or rude act; taking a liberty means doing something without permission. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberty/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history and citizenship: the Statue of Liberty, liberty and justice, the fight for liberty. In everyday life (UK): «What a liberty!» or «He took liberties» about cheeky behaviour. Formal: «I took the liberty of booking a table» means I did it without asking first.

### examples

- The Statue of Liberty stands in New York harbour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberty/#x1)
- People have fought hard for liberty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberty/#x2)
- The escaped tiger is still at liberty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberty/#x3)
- I'm not at liberty to tell you the secret. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberty/#x4)
- I took the liberty of borrowing your pen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberty/#x5)
- Eating my last biscuit — what a liberty! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberty/#x6)
- Liberty includes the freedom to speak your mind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberty/#x7)
- There is nothing worth so much as liberty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberty/#x8)

### note

Plural: liberties. Phrases: at liberty, take liberties, take the liberty of. Synonym: freedom; «liberty» is more formal and often used for rights.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «liberty» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberty/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.