at liberty

prepositional phrase

Free; not confined or restricted.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. Free; not confined or restricted.
    1 more example

    I made a few notes about some incidents that had happened to me, some others I'd been told about by friends. Some of the things in the book really happened, I'm not at liberty to say which ones. But they've all been changed around, and the Cahulawassee River is a composite of about three rivers I've gone down.

    1970 March 22, Walter Clemons, “James Dickey, Novelist”, in New York Times
  2. euphemisticentertainmentUnemployed; out of work.
Cite this entry
APA

at liberty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20liberty

MLA

“at liberty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20liberty. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “at liberty,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20liberty.

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