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Definition: At Liberty |
At LibertyAdjective1. Not under constraint of any kind; "sailors at liberty while their ship is in port"; "you are at liberty to go". 2. Having escaped, especially from confinement; "a convict still at large"; "searching for two escaped prisoners"; "dogs loose on the streets"; "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood". 3. Not engaged or employed or occupied. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: At LibertySynonyms: at large(p) (adj), at liberty(p) (adj), escaped (adj), loose (adj), on the loose(p) (adj), unconstrained (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Exemption | Exempt, release, acquit, discharge, quitclaim, remise, remit; free, set at liberty, let off, pass over, spare, excuse, dispense with, give dispensation, license; stretch a point; absolve; (forgive); exonerate; (exculpate); save the necessity. |
Adjective: exempt, free, immune, at liberty, scot-free; released; Verb: unbound, unencumbered; irresponsible, unaccountable, not answerable; excusable. | |
Liberation | Verb: liberate, free; set free, set clear, set at liberty; render free, emancipate, release; enfranchise, affranchise; manumit; enlarge; disband, discharge, disenthrall, disenthral, dismiss; let go, let loose, loose, let out, let slip; cast adrift, turn adrift; deliver; absolve; (acquit). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: At Liberty |
| English words defined with "at liberty": Disprison ♦ Religious liberty ♦ To be one's own master, To jump one's bail ♦ unconstrained. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "at liberty": Beguins ♦ Lavalette. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "at liberty": Disprison. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | At Liberty Club (1948) Mr. Lyndon at Liberty (1915) At Liberty -- Good Press Agent (1912) Elaine Stritch: At Liberty (2002) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Woman signing on grandstand at Liberty Loan rally on Lakeside Ave. outside Laboratory building #5;1917-1918;{10.117/8}. |  | Liberty enlightening the world--Inauguration of the Bartholdi Statue, Harbor of New York--Military and naval salute, the President's arrival at Liberty Island. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Chickens belonging to one of the members of the Jewish poultry cooperative at Liberty, New York. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Daughter of one of the members of the poultry cooperative at Liberty, New York. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Three-story chicken house belonging to poultry cooperative at Liberty, New York. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
Henry James | Of course you're always at liberty to judge the critic. Judge people as critics, however, and you'll condemn them all! |
St. Ambrose | A wise man, though he be a slave, is at liberty, and from this it follows that, though a fool rule, he is in slavery. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | All men, say they, are born under government, and therefore they cannot be at liberty to begin a new one. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | If congress remains at liberty to give this court appellate jurisdiction, where the constitution has declared their jurisdiction shall be original; and original jurisdiction where the constitution has declared it shall be appellate; the distribution of jurisdiction, made in the constitution, is form without substance. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Each of the Clearing Offices will be at liberty to correspond with the other and to forward documents in its own language. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The tumultuous sweep and sway of all these minds at liberty and at work set his ideas in a whirl. |
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Human Rights | Djibouti | He remained at liberty at year's end. (references) |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | I constantly hoped that it would have been much earlier in my power, consistently with motives which I was not at liberty to disregard to return to that retirement from which I had been reluctantly drawn. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Under any circumstances, therefore, Spain became less responsible for such acts committed there, and the United States more at liberty to exercise authority to prevent so great a mischief. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | If it be their real interest to maintain a separate existence, they will there be at liberty to do so without the inconveniences and vexations to which they would unavoidably have been subject in Alabama and Mississippi. |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "at liberty". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Pekah | N/A | Biblical | That is at liberty |
| Rehoboam | N/A | Biblical | Who sets the people at liberty |
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Expressions using "at liberty": be at liberty to do smth. ♦ set at liberty. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "at liberty"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vapaana (free), joutilas (at leisure, free, inactive, unoccupied), esteetön (free). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zu gehen (you are at liberty to go), es steht Ihnen frei zu gehen (you are at liberty to go, you are free to go), es steht Ihnen frei (you are at liberty to go). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ελεύθερος (freeman), αδέσμευτος (freelance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | jogában áll vmit megtenni (have it in one's power to do sg, have the power to do sg, to be at liberty to do sg, to lie in one's power to do sg). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atay ibertylay în libertate (freely). (various references) свободный (clear, exempt, fetterless, footloose, free, free-hand, immune, leisurely, loose, open, quit, roomy, spare, unbound, unhampered, uninhibited, unoccupied, unstuck, vacant), на свободе (at large). (various references) saor (a carpenter, carpenter, cheap, cheapen, deliver, easily, frank, free, gratuitous, redeem, rescue, save, set at liberty, unrestrained, wright). (various references) ayrıcalıklı (concessionairy, exclusive, favored, favoured, immune, inner, preferential, prerogative, privileged, special), serbest (at large, cavalier, disengaged, easy, exempt, fetterless, footloose, free, freehearted, freewheeling, go-as-you-please, in the clear, independent, latitudinarian, leisure, liberal, loose, open, permissive, quit, unattached, unbound, unchecked, unconfined, unconstrained, unencumbered, unengaged, unfettered, unhampered, unrestrained, unrestricted, unshackled, untrammelled), özgür (at large, exempt, free, independent, latitudinarian, unfettered). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 26, Verse 32 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | AgrippaV de tw fhstw efh apolelusqai edunato o anqrwpoV outoV ei mh epekeklhto kaisara |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Agrippa autem Festo dixit dimitti poterat homo hic si non appellasset Caesarem |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And Agrippa seide to Festus, This man miyt be delyuerid, if he hadde not appelid to the emperour. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Then sayde Agrippa vnto Festus: This man myght have bene lowsed yf he had not appealed vnto Cesar. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Then said Agrippa to Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to Cesar. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been made free, if he had not put his cause before Caesar. |
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| Language | Acts Chapter 26, Verse 32 |
| Albanian | Atëherë Agripa i tha Festit: ''Ky njeri mund të ishte liruar, po të mos i ishte apeluar Cezarit''. |
| Cebuano | Ug si Agripa miingon kang Festo, "Kining tawhana makagawas unta kon wala pa siya modangop kang Cesar." |
| Croatian | Agripa pak reèe Festu: "Ovaj bi èovjek mogao biti pušten da se nije prizvao na cara." |
| Danish | Men Agrippa sagde til Festus: "Denne Mand kunde være løsladt, dersom han ikke havde skudt sig ind under Kejseren." |
| Dutch | En Agrippa zeide tot Festus: Deze mens kon losgelaten worden, indien hij zich op den keizer niet had beroepen. |
| Finnish | Ja Agrippa sanoi Festukselle: "Tämän miehen olisi voinut päästää irti, jos hän ei olisi vedonnut keisariin". |
| French | Et Agrippa dit Festus: Cet homme pouvait être relâché, s`il n`en eût pas appelé César. |
| German | Agrippa aber sprach zu Festus: Dieser Mensch hätte können losgegeben werden, wenn er sich nicht auf den Kaiser berufen hätte. |
| Haitian Creole | Agripa di Festis konsa: Si nonm sa a pa t' mande pou Seza tande l', ou ta ka lage l' wi. |
| Hungarian | Agrippa pedig monda Festusnak: Ezt az embert szabadon lehetett volna bocsátani, ha a császárra nem appellált volna. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Lalu Agripa berkata kepada Festus, "Orang ini sudah dapat dibebaskan, seandainya ia tidak menuntut perkaranya diadili di pengadilan Kaisar." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka sabda Agerippa kepada Pestus, "Orang ini sudah boleh dilepaskan, kalau tiada ia memanjat pengadilan Kaisar." |
| Italian | E Agrippa disse a Festo: «Costui poteva essere rimesso in libert , se non si fosse appellato a Cesare». |
| Maori | Katahi ka mea a Akaripa ki a Petuha, Ka tukua tenei tangata kia haere, me i kaua ia te karanga ki a Hiha. |
| Norwegian | Og Agrippa sa til Festus: Denne mann kunde være løslatt, om han ikke hadde innanket sin sak for keiseren. |
| Portuguese | Então Agripa disse a Festo: Este homem bem podia ser solto, se não tivesse apelado para César. |
| Rumanian | Wi Agripa a zis lui Festus: ,,Omului acestuia i s-ar fi putut da drumul, dacq n`ar fi cerut sq fie judecat de Cezar.`` |
| Shuar | Tura Akripia Jístun Tímiayi "Ju aishman "uunt akupin nekarati" Tíchaitkuinkia akupmai makuitji" Tímiayi. |
| Spanish | Y Agripa dijo a Festo: --Este hombre podría ser puesto en libertad, si no hubiera apelado al César. |
| Swahili | Naye Agripa akamwambia Festo, "Mtu huyu angeweza kufunguliwa kama asingalikuwa amekata rufani kwa Kaisari." |
| Uma | Na'uli' Magau' Agripa mpo'uli' -ki Festus: "Kakono-na, ane ke uma-i mpopebua' kara-kara-na hi Kaisar, ma'ala tabahaka lau-imi." |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-l-r-t-t-y" | |
-1 letter: bitterly, titrable, ytterbia. | |
-2 letters: battery, battier, battler, bilayer, biretta, blatter, brattle, brittle, brittly, irately, liberty, librate, littery, reality, tearily, tertial, triable, tritely. | |
-3 letters: aerily, albeit, albite, artily, attire, bailer, bailey, baiter, barely, barite, barley, baryte, batter, battle, betray, bitter, bleary, bratty, elytra, labret, latter, librae, litter, lyrate, lyttae, ratite, rattle, rattly, realty, rebait. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-l-r-t-t-y" | |
+2 letters: bipartitely, rentability. | |
+3 letters: alterability, exorbitantly, heritability, reputability, tolerability, traceability, treatability. | |
+4 letters: attributively, bacteriolytic, bathymetrical, breathability, creditability, deterrability, exportability, extrudability, filterability, integrability, marketability, obstetrically, overstability, penetrability, repeatability, resectability, sinterability. | |
+5 letters: breathtakingly, erythroblastic, extractability, inalterability, inheritability, intolerability, irrefutability, predictability, presentability, preventability, rectifiability, respectability, retrievability, stretchability, thermolability, unalterability, weatherability. | |
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