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- pronunciation:
- lI
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- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
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liberties |
| definition 1: |
When someone has liberty, they are free. They are not controlled by someone else and they can go where they want.
The prisoners dreamed of their liberty.- synonyms:
- freedom
- antonyms:
- slavery
- similar words:
- independence
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| definition 2: |
When a country fights for its liberty, it fights for freedom from control by another government.
Independence Day celebrates the liberty of the United States. Before the United States fought for its liberty, it was a colony of Great Britain and was ruled by a king.- synonyms:
- independence
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| definition 3: |
When you have liberty, you have the right or power to act and choose freely.
Now that people have liberty in that country, they can vote for their leaders.- synonyms:
- freedom, independence
- similar words:
- choice, latitude, permission, right
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