Liberty

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Noun

the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life.

usu. liberties an instance of this;
a right or privilege, esp. a statutory one.
the state of not being imprisoned or enslaved.
Liberty the personification of liberty as a female figure.
the power or scope to act as one pleases.
Philosophy a person's freedom from control.
Nautical shore leave granted to a sailor.

Freedom

noun
the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.

absence of subjection to foreign domination or despotic government.
the state of not being imprisoned or enslaved.
the state of being physically unrestricted and able to move easily.
freedom from the state of not being subject to or affected by (a particular undesirable thing).
the power of self‑determination attributed to the will; the quality of being independent of fate or necessity.


ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French liberte, from Latin libertas, from liber ‘free.’


ORIGIN Old English frēo (adjective), frēon (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vrij and German frei, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘to love’, shared by friend.