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liberty

1. noun freedom2. noun particular freedom or right3. noun not being captive4. noun cheeky act5. noun MIL, NAUT shore leave
phrases
1 noun freedomsaoirse fem4  c m uit's a threat to our liberty bagairt ar ár saoirse atá annan intolerable infringement of liberty sárú dofhulaingthe ar shaoirse 2 noun particular freedom or rightsaoirse fem4  c m uto protect civil liberties saoirsí sibhialta a chosaint
Taispeáin iontráil iomlán 
3 noun not being captivesaoirse fem4  c m uto deprive sb of his liberty a shaoirse a bhaint de dhuine 4 noun cheeky actI think it a liberty for him to give me a warning is dána an mhaise dó rabhadh a thabhairt domsawhat a liberty! cad é mar dhánacht!, chomh dána le muc!, nach diail an coráiste é!, a leithéid de mhuineál! 5 noun MIL, NAUT shore leavesaoire ar tírcead dul i dtír
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at liberty

saor  c m uhe shouldn't be at liberty níor chóir dó a bheith saor

to be at liberty to do sth

I'm not at liberty to tell you that níl cead agam sin a insint duit, níl de cheart agam é sin a insint duitto be at liberty to do what you want bheith ar do chomhairle féin, cead do chinn a bheith agat

to give sb liberty to do sth

cead a thabhairt do dhuine rud a dhéanamh

to take liberties

(also

to take a liberty

) 1 act without permissionto take liberties with sb dánacht a dhéanamh ar dhuine, buannaíocht a dhéanamh ar dhuinehe was taking a liberty to do such a thing ní raibh de cheart aige a leithéid a dhéanamh 2 represent incorrectlywe mustn't take liberties with the data ní féidir linn na sonraí a chur as a riochtthe film takes liberties with the truth baineann an scannán casadh as an bhfírinne, cuireann an scannán an fhírinne as a riocht

to take the liberty of doing sth

I've taken the liberty of rewriting that piece rinne mé an píosa sin a athscríobh, mura miste leatshe took the liberty of buying me clothes cheannaigh sí éadaí dom gan cuireadh ná iarraidh