at liberty

1 he was at liberty for three months: FREE, (on the) loose, at large, unconfined; escaped, out.

2 your great aunt was at liberty to divide her estate how she chose: FREE, permitted, allowed, authorized, able, entitled, eligible.

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phrasal

1. : free

set the prisoners at liberty

at liberty to do what one likes

2. : at leisure : unoccupied, unused

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at liberty

1. Not restrained or constrained, free

2. Unoccupied

3. Available

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1) not imprisoned

he was at liberty for three months before he was recaptured

2) allowed or entitled to do something

competent adults are generally at liberty to refuse medical treatment

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at liberty

formal

1 : able to act or speak freely

— followed by to + verb

You are at liberty to go or stay.

I am not at liberty to say if the rumor is true.

2 : no longer held or kept as a prisoner

a former prisoner who is now at liberty

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at liberty idiom

(formal) (of a prisoner or an animal) no longer in prison or in a ↑cage

Syn: ↑free

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