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Liberty: Definition and Meaning

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Can you please define and explain the meaning of liberty?

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The definitions of liberty, and the term's attending further necessary questions, are touched on in brief.

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Liberty means, by dictionary definition:
"1. freedom from arbitrary or despotic government or control.
2. freedom from external or foreign rule; independence.
3. freedom from control, interference, obligation, restriction, hampering conditions, etc.; power or right of doing, thinking, speaking, etc., according to choice.
4. freedom from captivity, confinement, or physical restraint: The prisoner soon regained his liberty.
5. permission granted to a sailor, especially ...

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