Civil liberty Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun one's freedom to exercise one's rights as guaranteed under the laws of the country
    political liberty.
  2. noun fundamental individual right protected by law and expressed as immunity from unwarranted governmental interference

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  1. exemption from arbitrary interference with person, opinion, or property, on the part of the government under which one lives, and freedom to take part in modifying that government or its laws.

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