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liberties

NOUN

freedom

Synonyms

STRONG

autarchy authorization autonomy birthright choice convenience decision deliverance delivery dispensation emancipation enfranchisement enlightenment exemption franchise immunity independence leave leisure liberation license opportunity permission prerogative privilege relaxation release rest right sanction self-determination self-government sovereignty suffrage unconstraint

WEAK

carte blanche free speech power of choice

Antonyms

STRONG

denial dependence hold prohibition refusal responsibility veto work

WEAK

arrest imprisonment incarceration restraint

Example Sentences

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The Green Party and Jeremy Corbyn's Your Party have also warned the response to the "abhorrent" attacks should not restrict civil liberties.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

As she happily concedes, Ms. Prose takes enough liberties to fill Andersen’s steamer trunk.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

"Right now, there's no way to ensure that our tools wouldn't be leveraged to cause terrible harms or erode civil liberties away from public scrutiny."

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

American revolutionary Patrick Henry observed in 1788, “The liberties of people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.”

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

They abhorred McCarthy’s witch hunts for communists and his attacks on civil liberties.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield