liberty of conscience

noun

The freedom to follow one's religious or ethical beliefs.

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Meanings

nounliberty of conscience (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe freedom to follow one's religious or ethical beliefs.

    The 1620 ship brought a small company of brave men and women to plant here liberty of conscience denied them in their homeland.

    2010, Alistair Cooke, The Guardian, 12 June 1957
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    the Emperor Julian useth the same receipt of libertie of conscience, to enkindle the trouble of civill dissention, which our Kings employ to extinguish.

    1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 19, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

    Synonyms: freedom of conscience

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe freedom to follow one's religious or ethical beliefs.

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