liberty
part of speech
noun (liberty, liberties)
meaning for a pupil
1) Liberty is freedom: the right to live, speak and act as you choose without being controlled or imprisoned unfairly. tree →
2) At liberty means free, not in prison; or (formal) allowed to do something: I am not at liberty to say. tree →
3) A liberty is a cheeky or rude act; taking a liberty means doing something without permission. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: In Jeremiah, to proclaim liberty means to free Hebrew slaves, as the Torah commands in the seventh year. The tradition reads the covenant as a promise to God, and its breaking as a serious sin. In the primary lessons: In history and citizenship: the Statue of Liberty, liberty and justice, the fight for liberty. In everyday life (UK): «What a liberty!» or «He took liberties» about cheeky behaviour. Formal: «I took the liberty of booking a table» means I did it without asking first.
examples
- The word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people that were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them; (Prophets JER.34.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- And ye were now turned, and had done that which is right in Mine eyes, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before Me in the house whereon My name is called; (Prophets JER.34.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- The Statue of Liberty stands in New York harbour. tree →
- People have fought hard for liberty. tree →
- The escaped tiger is still at liberty. tree →
- I'm not at liberty to tell you the secret. tree →
- I took the liberty of borrowing your pen. tree →
- Eating my last biscuit — what a liberty! tree →
- Liberty includes the freedom to speak your mind. tree →
- There is nothing worth so much as liberty. tree →
note
Plural: liberties. Phrases: at liberty, take liberties, take the liberty of. Synonym: freedom; «liberty» is more formal and often used for rights.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «liberty» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.