| NOUN | state | liberty, autonomy | immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority |
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| state | liberty | freedom of choice | |
| state | liberty | personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression / oppression | |
| time | liberty, shore leave | leave granted to a sailor or naval officer | |
| act | liberty, familiarity, impropriety, indecorum | an act of undue intimacy |
| Sounds | lih'bertiy | |
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| Rhymes | ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... | |
| Meaning | immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence. | |
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| Synonym | autonomy | |
| Narrower | self-government, self-determination, self-rule | government of a political unit by its own people |
| Broader | independence, independency | freedom from control or influence of another or others |
| Spanish | autonomía, liberalismo | |
| Catalan | autonomia | |
| Verbs | liberate | grant freedom to |
| liberate | give equal rights to | |
| Meaning | freedom of choice. | |
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| Narrower | discretion | freedom to act or judge on one's own |
| latitude | freedom from normal restraints in conduct | |
| license, licence | freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech) | |
| license, licence | excessive freedom | |
| run | unrestricted freedom to use | |
| Broader | freedom | The condition of being free |
| Spanish | libertad | |
| Catalan | llibertat | |
| Verbs | liberate | grant freedom to |
| Meaning | personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression / oppression. | |
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| Broader | freedom | The condition of being free |
| Spanish | libertad | |
| Catalan | llibertat individual | |
| Verbs | liberate | grant freedom to |
| liberate | grant freedom to | |
| Meaning | Leave granted to a sailor or naval officer. | |
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| Synonym | shore leave | |
| Broader | leave, leave of absence | The period of time during which you are absent from work or duty |
| Meaning | An act of undue intimacy. | |
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| Synonyms | familiarity, impropriety, indecorum | |
| Broader | misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed | Improper or wicked or immoral behavior |
| Spanish | falta de decoro, familiaridad, impertinencia, indecoro, libertad | |
| Catalan | manca de decor | |
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