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When virtue is at liberty, so to some extent is vice.
Barbara Amiel

Meaning of "at liberty" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AT LIBERTY

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AT LIBERTY

at home
at home in
at intervals
at issue
at knife-point
at large
at last
at least
at leisure
at length
at livery
at loggerheads
at long last
at market
at most
at odds
at once
at one
at one blow
at one time

WORDS THAT END LIKE AT LIBERTY

civil liberty
Docherty
Flaherty
fuel poverty
intellectual property
liberty
lost property
personal property
postpuberty
poverty
prepuberty
private property
property
puberty
public property
qwerty
real property
Statue of Liberty
take the liberty
uberty

Synonyms and antonyms of at liberty in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «AT LIBERTY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «at liberty» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of at liberty

Translation of «at liberty» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AT LIBERTY

Find out the translation of at liberty to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of at liberty from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «at liberty» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

随意
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

en libertad
570 millions of speakers

English

at liberty
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्वतंत्रता पर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

في الحرية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

на свободе
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

em liberdade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বাধীনতা এ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

à la liberté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pada kebebasan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

in Freiheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自由で
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자유 의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ing kebebasan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tự do
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுதந்திரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वतंत्रतेवर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Özgürlükte
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

in libertà
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

na wolności
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

на волі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

la libertate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στην ελευθερία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

op vryheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fritt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

på frifot
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of at liberty

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AT LIBERTY»

The term «at liberty» is quite widely used and occupies the 43.182 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AT LIBERTY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about at liberty

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10 QUOTES WITH «AT LIBERTY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word at liberty.
1
Barbara Amiel
When virtue is at liberty, so to some extent is vice.
2
George Berkeley
A mind at liberty to reflect on its own observations, if it produce nothing useful to the world, seldom fails of entertainment to itself.
3
Giacomo Casanova
Man is free; yet we must not suppose that he is at liberty to do everything he pleases, for he becomes a slave the moment he allows his actions to be ruled by passion.
4
Kenneth C. Griffin
I don't feel I'm at liberty to speak about the actions of any one CEO. That's not fair; given CEOs have duties to their shareholders.
5
Franz Kafka
Atlas was permitted the opinion that he was at liberty, if he wished, to drop the Earth and creep away; but this opinion was all that he was permitted.
6
Ryszard Kapuscinski
Do not be misled by the fact that you are at liberty and relatively free; that for the moment you are not under lock and key: you have simply been granted a reprieve.
7
Wilfrid Laurier
I claim for Canada this, that in future Canada shall be at liberty to act or not act, to interfere or not interfere, to do just as she pleases, and that she shall reserve to herself the right to judge whether or not there is cause for her to act.
8
Jonathan Mayhew
There are men who strike at liberty under the term licentiousness.
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Paul Parker
Challenging snow is one of my favorite kinds of skiing, and I like being able to switch techniques at liberty.
10
Benjamin F. Wade
I am not unconscious of the persuasive power exerted by these considerations to drag men along in the current; but I am not at liberty to travel that road.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AT LIBERTY»

Discover the use of at liberty in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to at liberty and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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At Liberty to Die: The Battle for Death with Dignity in America
At Liberty to Die charts how, the right of a competent, terminally ill person to die on his or her own terms with the help of a doctor has come deeply embroiled in debates about the relationship between religion, civil liberties, politics, ...
Howard Ball, 2012
2
The Self at Liberty: Political Argument and the Arts of ...
Duncan Ivison sets out to map a subtle but significant addition to the political discourse on liberty.
Duncan Ivison, 1997
3
At Liberty Under God: Toward a Baptist Ecclesiology
This work surveys Baptist history from its origins in seventeeth-century England until its transplanting to North America.
E. Jeffrey Mask, 1997
4
Looking at Liberty
An informative picture book provides children with the story and history of the Statue of Liberty, an important American symbol of freedom.
‎2003
5
Liberty: Rethinking an Imperiled Ideal
... chapter 11. What needs emphasis here is that the second principle, with all its problems, is absolutely indispensable. The first principle is merely a pious and impotent sentiment without the second. One who is not at liberty to be foolish and  ...
Glenn E. Tinder, 2007
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Tracts on the Liberty Spiritual and Temporal of Protestants ...
The commons prayed that Thorpe, " par le boon esploit du dit parlement," might be enlarged and set at liberty. The lords advised with the justices, whether the said Thorpe ought to be delivered from prison by privilege of parliament. The judges ...
Anthony Ellys, 1767
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Liberty and property preserved against Republicans and ...
It is well known, and we feel it daily, that we have as much of thefe pretended new inventions, as is neceflary and convenient for a well- ordered Society. Every one has all the Rights if Man that leave him at liberty to do good to himfelf and his  ...
Association for Preserving Liberty and Property against Republicans and Levellers (London, England), 1793
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Michael A. Liberty, et al.: Securities and Exchange ...
Dale, at Liberty's direction, used a series of sham transactions to divert most of that $7 million to Liberty, third parties associated with him, and others. At least $2.7 million of the $7 million went directly to benefit Liberty and his family, either ...
Amy Greer
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Liberty Worth the Name: Locke on Free Agency
As is evident from a passage already quoted, it is this latter approach that Locke takes: Is it worth the Name of Freedom to be at liberty to play the Fool and draw Shame and Misery upon a Man's self? If to break loose from the conduct of ...
Gideon Yaffe, 2000
10
A Brief History of Liberty
A person must be at liberty to gather food, for example. (We wonder what Grotius would have made of a society like ours. Today there is virtually no public space for gathering food, so hardly anyone is at liberty in that sense. Yet no one needs ...
David Schmidtz, Jason Brennan, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AT LIBERTY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term at liberty is used in the context of the following news items.
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More than 70000 celebrate Fourth of July at Liberty State Park …
According to the mayor's office, the crowd at this year's Freedom and Fireworks Festival at Liberty State Park topped last year's crowd by tens of ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
2
Fireworks top off July 4th Freedom Festival at Liberty State Park …
Tens of thousands of people descended on Liberty State Park yesterday for Jersey City's 2015 July Fourth Freedom Festival, topped off by a ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
3
Miss USA contestants hop in the pool at Liberty Lagoon
A large dumping bucket dumps water over the Miss USA contestants playing in the water playground at BREC's Liberty Lagoon on Saturday, ... «NOLA.com, Jul 15»
4
Menu spans the globe at Liberty State Park July 4th Festival
JERSEY CITY — Dozens of food carts came out to the Liberty State Park July 4th Festival and each had a different menu than the next. Jersey ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
5
Anger as more jobs lost at Liberty
Anger as more jobs lost at Liberty. editorial image. Published on the 04 July 2015 12:14. Published 04/07/2015 12:14. Print this ... «Leitrim Observer, Jul 15»
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Influential rock trio Failure successfully opens tour at Liberty Hall
The Los Angeles-based rock band Failure opened a national tour in Lawrence on Thursday two days after releasing its first album in 19 years. «Kansas City Star, Jul 15»
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Tour the A.J. Meerwald at Liberty State Park
Bayshore Center at Bivalve's youth "Sailor for a Day" and maritime camps on the AJ Meerwald will take place this month in Liberty State Park, ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
8
Statue of Liberty race to raise money for Special Olympics
5:30 a.m. - Check-in opens at Liberty State Park 5:30 a.m. ... 8:40 a.m. - Food court opens / first public ferry arrives at Liberty Island 9:15 a.m. ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
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Liberty State Park Fourth of July hosts feel no pressure day before …
As workers prepare under the sun for the Jersey City Freedom & Fireworks Festival tomorrow at Liberty State Park, the people responsible for ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
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Former Liberty football assistant Charlie Skalaski set to join staff at …
Skalaski is finishing up his second stint at Liberty. He previously served as Liberty's tight ends coach in 2003, before transitioning to Liberty's ... «Augusta Free Press, Jul 15»

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