live and let live

NOUN

laissez-faire

Synonyms

WEAK

do-nothing policy for the most free enterprise free hand inaction indifference individualism laisser aller laisser passer latitude let-alone policy neutrality noninterference nonintervention nonrestriction part unrestrained by law free trade permissiveness

Example Sentences

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Fieri has embodied that upbeat "live and let live" ethos well on television.

From Salon • Jul. 17, 2023

“For my personal viewpoint, I think the idea of live and let live is alive and well,” he says.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2022

His eldest daughter Anne Ferguson said the family had been brought up to "live and let live".

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2021

I consider myself to a person who likes to live and let live about most things parenting-related.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2019

Why couldn’t people just live and let live?

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson