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liberty

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of liberty

1 the power, right, or opportunity to choose

  • he doesn't want to go to the sales conference, but he doesn't have that liberty
Synonyms of liberty

alternative, choice, discretion, druthers [dialect], election, option, pick, preference, selection, volition, way
Words Related to liberty

determination, free will, will

say, voice, vote

inclination, liking, partiality, penchant, predilection, proclivity, propensity, tendency

discernment, judgment (or judgement), perspicacity
Near Antonyms of liberty

coercion, duress, force

duty, obligation

Hobson's choice

2 the state of being free from the control or power of another

  • the hope that the country's first-ever elections will usher in a new era of liberty and respect for the rule of law
Synonyms of liberty

autonomy, freedom, independence, independency, self-determination, self-governance, self-government, sovereignty (also sovranty)
Words Related to liberty

emancipation, enfranchisement, liberation, manumission, release
Near Antonyms of liberty

captivity, enchainment, enslavement, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration, internment, subjugation
Antonyms of liberty

dependence (also dependance), heteronomy, subjection, unfreedom

Synonym Discussion of liberty

freedom, liberty, license mean the power or condition of acting without compulsion. freedom has a broad range of application from total absence of restraint to merely a sense of not being unduly hampered or frustrated.
    • freedom of the press
liberty suggests release from former restraint or compulsion.
    • the released prisoner had difficulty adjusting to his new liberty
license implies freedom specially granted or conceded and may connote an abuse of freedom.
    • freedom without responsibility may degenerate into license

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