Liberty

Definition

liberty / 'lÇbǝti / n ၁။ [U] (က) လြတ္လပ္ေရး။ restore democracy, justice and liberty ❍ a society that emphasizes individual liberty. (ခ) လြတ္ေျမာက္ေရး။ fight in the courts for one’s liberty. ၂။ [C,U] လြတ္လြတ္လပ္လပ္ လုပ္ပိုင္ႏိုင္ခြင့္။ လြတ္လပ္မႈ။ a liberty enjoyed by all citizens ❍ They give their children a great deal of liberty. ၃။ သေဘာရိွ ကေရာဟိ။ လက္လြတ္စပယ္။ I lent him money and now he accuses me of being mean. What a liberty! ❍ The film takes considerable liberties with the novel on which it is based (eg by changing many details). ❍ I took the liberty of borrowing your bike while you were away. မင္းမရိွတုန္း ငါ့သေဘာနဲ႔ မင္း စက္ဘီးကို ခဏယူသံုးခဲ့တယ္။ ❏ at liberty [ IDM ] ( fml ) လြတ္ေျမာက္လ်က္။ set sb at liberty …ကို လႊတ္ေပးလိုက္သည္။ ❍ The escaped convict is still at liberty. ေထာင္ေျပးကို အခုထိ ျပန္မမိေသးဘူး။ ❏ at liberty to do sth [ IDM ] ( fml ) စိတ္ႀကိဳက္ ေျပာဆို လုပ္ကိုင္ခြင့္။ You’re at liberty to say what you like. ❍ I am not at liberty to discuss this matter further.

Examples

1. Their long struggle for liberty and independence
2. The use of surveillance cameras could infringe people’s personal liberties.
3. He was finally given his liberty at the age of 68.
4. [at liberty] : Two members of the gang are still at liberty.
5. It would be a bit of a liberty if one of my friends used my house while I was away.