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noun(lib-er-ty)the quality or state of being free:
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noun(lib-er-ty)the power to do as one pleases
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noun(lib-er-ty)freedom from physical restraint
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geographical name(lib-er-ty)city in northwestern Missouri north-northeast of Kansas City population 29,149
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noun(lib-er-ty)a close-fitting conical cap used as a symbol of liberty by the French revolutionists and in the U.S. before 1800
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noun(lib-er-ty)a tall flagstaff surmounted by a liberty cap or the flag of a republic and set up as a symbol of liberty
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geographical name(lib-er-ty)island of southeastern New York in Upper New York Bay
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noun(lib-er-ty)a large bell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that is a traditional symbol of U.S. freedom
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noun(lib-er-ty)freedom from arbitrary governmental interference (as with the right of free speech) specifically by denial of governmental power and in the U.S. especially as guaranteed by the Bill of Rights —usually used in plural
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noun phrase(lib-er-ty)a large copper statue of a woman holding a torch aloft in her right hand located on Liberty Island in New York harbor
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noun phrase(lib-er-ty)a trick play in football in which the ballcarrier takes the ball from the raised hand of a teammate who is faking a pass
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idiom(lib-er-ty)to do something without asking for permission to do it —+ -ing form of a verb