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

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liberties

Kennedy remained open to new rights and liberties.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

Visitors are left to reconcile a history of gradually expanding rights and liberties with that portentous coda.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Opponents, including civil liberties organizations and some religious leaders, counter that the curriculum risks moving beyond the academic study of religion and into religious instruction.

From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026

But it is the mandatory religious texts that have drawn fiercest opposition from education and civil liberties groups.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

But the great beast was not behaving like a great beast, to such an extent that the hyena had taken liberties.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel