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liberty

n. freedom of choice; "liberty of opinion"; "liberty of worship"; "liberty--perfect liberty--to think or feel or do just as one pleases"; "at liberty to choose whatever occupation one wishes"

liberty

n. personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression

shore leave

n. leave granted to a sailor or naval officer

autonomy

n. immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence

familiarity, impropriety, indecorum

n. an act of undue intimacy

sanction, endorsement, countenance, warrant, imprimatur

n. formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement"

concession, conceding, yielding

n. the act of conceding or yielding

acquiescence, assent, consent

n. agreement with a statement or proposal to do something; "he gave his assent eagerly"; "a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly"

allowance

n. the act of allowing; "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room"

accreditation

n. the act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to educational institution that maintains suitable standards); "a commission is responsible for the accreditation of medical schools"

authorization, authorisation, empowerment

n. the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant

leave

n. permission to do something; "she was granted leave to speak"

immunity, unsusceptibility

n. the state of not being susceptible; "unsusceptibility to rust"

permission

n. approval to do something; "he asked permission to leave"

carte blanche

n. complete freedom or authority to act

sanction, endorsement, countenance, warrant, imprimatur

n. formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement"

home rule

n. self-government in local matters by a city or county that is part of a national government

sovereignty

n. government free from external control

freedom

n. the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints

wrongdoing, misconduct

n. activity that transgresses moral or civil law; "he denied any wrongdoing"

intrusiveness, meddlesomeness, officiousness

n. aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation

contempt, disrespect

n. a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous

license, permission, permit

n. the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

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