liberty

liberty is a 7-letter English word with 15 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom, bondage, or subjection. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 15 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom, bondage, or subjection.
2. noun. Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon locomotion.
3. noun. A privilege conferred by a superior power; permission granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to play, or to a witness to leave a court, and the like.
4. noun. Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the commercial cities of Europe.
5. noun. The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or jurisdiction is exercised.
6. noun. A certain amount of freedom; permission to go freely within certain limits; also, the place or limits within which such freedom is exercised; as, the liberties of a prison.
7. noun. A privilege or license in violation of the laws of etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty.
8. noun. The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from compulsion or constraint in willing.
9. noun. A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the tongue of the horse.
10. noun. Leave of absence; permission to go on shore.
11. noun. an act of undue intimacy

    Synonyms: familiarity, impropriety, indecorum

12. noun. immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence

    Synonyms: autonomy

13. noun. freedom of choice

    "liberty of opinion"

    "liberty of worship"

14. noun. personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression
15. noun. leave granted to a sailor or naval officer

Synonyms

familiarity, impropriety, indecorum, autonomy

Common word forms

liberties, libertyless

Words from these letters

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