Definitions

civil liberty

NOUN

fundamental individual rights

Synonyms

STRONGEST

civil rights freedom freedom of religion freedom of speech

WEAK

Four Freedoms God-given right constitutional freedom constitutional rights freedom from fear freedom from want freedom of expression freedom of worship political liberty rights

Example Sentences

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But civil liberty groups are worried that its accuracy is yet to be fully established, and point to cases such as Shaun Thompson's.

From BBC • May 25, 2024

When Einstein fled Germany he fled the poison of nationalism and longed for a country of civil liberty and tolerance.

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2024

“The civil liberty argument has ebbed and flowed,” said Adam Wagner, a London-based human rights lawyer and expert on Covid-related laws.

From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2021

The success of this approach is evident in the bill’s near-unanimous passage and strong support from law enforcement and privacy and civil liberty proponents.

From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2021

Favors shown to prisoners can never be regarded as concessions to civil liberty, and therefore they are freely extended.

From Black Forest Village Stories by Auerbach, Berthold