What's the difference between freedom and liberty?

Freedom


Definition:

  • (n.) The state of being free; exemption from the power and control of another; liberty; independence.
  • (n.) Privileges; franchises; immunities.
  • (n.) Exemption from necessity, in choise and action; as, the freedom of the will.
  • (n.) Ease; facility; as, he speaks or acts with freedom.
  • (n.) Frankness; openness; unreservedness.
  • (n.) Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum; license.
  • (n.) Generosity; liberality.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They had learned through hard experience what Frederick Douglass once taught -- that freedom is not given, it must be won, through struggle and discipline, persistence and faith.
  • (2) An unusually high degree of motional freedom is found for both these spin-labels, even in gel phase bilayers.
  • (3) Pickles said that to restore its public standing, the corporation needed to be more transparent, including opening itself up to freedom of information requests.
  • (4) Based on our experience with the mark I prosthesis we have designed and developed a mark II model which has freedom of axial rotation of the saddle.
  • (5) To settle the case, Apple and the four publishers offered a range of commitments to the commission that will include the termination of current agency agreements, and, for two years, giving ebook retailers the freedom to set their own prices for ebooks.
  • (6) The dispute is rooted in the recent erosion of many of the freedoms Egyptians won when they rose up against Mubarak in a stunning, 18-day uprising.
  • (7) To organise society as an individualistic war of one against another was barbaric, while the other models, slavishly following the rules of one religion or one supreme leader, denied freedom.
  • (8) From these experiments, we conclude that the surface-modified polyurethane blend is superior to Biomer polyurethane in blood compatibility and in freedom from thromboembolic risk.
  • (9) Although the debate in the US has led to some piecemeal reforms – including the USA Freedom Act and modest policy changes – many of the most intrusive government surveillance programs remain largely intact.
  • (10) Wright said that he was told the other two pages of documents were not provided because of freedom of information subsections concerning privacy, "sources and methods," and that can "put someone's life in danger."
  • (11) The right of people to get together in pursuit of shared interests or purposes is one of the building blocks of freedom.
  • (12) The values of human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and the respect for human rights are absolutely fundamental to the European Union.
  • (13) I could walk around more freely than in North Korea, but it was very apparent I was being watched.” The country consistently sits at the bottom of global freedom rankings, in the company of North Korea and Eritrea.
  • (14) The relaxation times are considerably increased by binding to albumin, indicating less motional freedom of the molecules in the bound state.
  • (15) The reasoning in Rust v Sullivan allows government to limit freedom of speech in federally funded programs.
  • (16) The Florida senator on Wednesday signed on to legislation that would delay the implementation of the sweeping surveillance reforms passed by Congress under the USA Freedom Act.
  • (17) Kim Kardashian: Hollywood could benefit from a sharper script and more willingness – or freedom, which may be the issue given the game’s official status – to poke at the culture it’s representing.
  • (18) So Huck Finn floats down the great river that flows through the heart of America, and on this adventure he is accompanied by the magnificent figure of Jim, a runaway slave, who is also making his bid for freedom.
  • (19) Furthermore, long-term clinical benefit is suggested by the high freedom from coronary surgery, myocardial infarction, and death in the patients who underwent successful revascularization.
  • (20) The Freedom Act ultimately sped to passage in the House on May 22 by a bipartisan 303-121 vote .

Liberty


Definition:

  • (n.) The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom, bondage, or subjection.
  • (n.) Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon locomotion.
  • (n.) A privilege conferred by a superior power; permission granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to play, or to a witness to leave a court, and the like.
  • (n.) Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the commercial cities of Europe.
  • (n.) The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or jurisdiction is exercised.
  • (n.) A certain amount of freedom; permission to go freely within certain limits; also, the place or limits within which such freedom is exercised; as, the liberties of a prison.
  • (n.) A privilege or license in violation of the laws of etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty.
  • (n.) The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from compulsion or constraint in willing.
  • (n.) A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the tongue of the horse.
  • (n.) Leave of absence; permission to go on shore.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) To a supporter at the last election like me – someone who spoke alongside Nick Clegg at the curtain-raiser event for the party conference during the height of Labour's onslaught on civil liberties, and was assured privately by two leaders that the party was onside about civil liberties – this breach of trust and denial of principle is astonishing.
  • (2) The law would let people find out if partners had a history of domestic violence but is likely to face objections from civil liberties groups.
  • (3) Anna Mazzola, a civil liberties lawyer who advises the National Union of Journalists and whom I consulted, told me that in general if police can view anyone's images, they can only do so in "very limited circumstances".
  • (4) Many Hong Kong residents fear that Beijing – which governs the region under the principle of "one country, two systems" – has been encroaching on their civil liberties, free press and independent judiciary.
  • (5) Graphic photos of Said's injuries circulated online and became a rallying cause for activists opposed to Egypt's 29-year-old emergency law, which suspends many basic civil liberties and provides effective immunity for the security services before the courts.
  • (6) Virgin investors will receive $17.50 in cash and own 36% of Liberty's shares once the deal is complete.
  • (7) Other speakers included Shami Chakrabarti , director of the human rights group Liberty, and the Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn who is on the Commons justice select committee.
  • (8) So in trying to harmonise with the original rather than transcribe every last word of it, certain liberties have been taken.
  • (9) At the start of the year, Liberty was believed to have around $3bn in the bank.
  • (10) The new framework will include “strong protections for privacy and civil liberties”, according to the White House.
  • (11) The company launched in 1995 with an idea for a range of “colonial-inspired” tapestry bags, designed by Cox and sold by Liberty, Harrods and the General Trading Company.
  • (12) Releasing Eric Garner grand jury papers 'would help restore public trust' Read more A petition from the the New York Civil Liberties Union and others had called for the release of the grand jury transcripts, including testimony by Daniel Pantaleo, the New York police officer involved in the incident.
  • (13) Liberal Democrats in government will not follow the last Labour government by sounding the retreat on the protection of civil liberties in the United Kingdom.
  • (14) Artists round the globe may plead free speech, but to treat the Pussy Riot gesture as a glorious stand for artistic liberty is like praising Johnny Rotten, who did similar things, as the Voltaire of our day.
  • (15) We should also create a new, beefed-up body including more independent people to scrutinise what is happening, based on Obama's privacy and civil liberties oversight board .
  • (16) They will begin next week at Liberty airport in Newark, New Jersey; Dulles, outside Washington DC; Chicago O’Hare, and Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta.
  • (17) In November Inglis gave a wide-ranging talk at the University of Pennsylvania Law School , in which he invited a student critic of the NSA to become a civil liberties officer at the agency.
  • (18) MI5 spied on Doris Lessing for 20 years, declassified documents reveal Read more Ennals’ son, Sir Paul Ennals, told the Guardian: “It was hardly surprising that the secret services establishment found them all [there were three Ennals brothers, Martin, David, and John] of interest throughout their lives – their careers focused upon defending the rights of minority groups, setting up organisations to combat injustice, founding the Anti-Apartheid Movement and speaking out for what they believed.” He added: “I don’t think such ideas and activities were extreme after the war, and they shouldn’t be now.” MI5 justified its targeting of individuals and organisations, including the Anti-Apartheid Movement, the National Council for Civil Liberties, and CND, on the grounds either that some individual members were members of the Communist party, or that the party was suspected of trying to infiltrate them.
  • (19) Individualism – the assertion of every person’s claim to maximised private freedom and the unrestrained liberty to express autonomous desires … became the leftwing watchword of the hour.” The result was an astonishing liberation: from millennia of social, gender and sexual control by powerful, mostly elderly men.
  • (20) Corinna Ferguson, legal officer at Liberty, said: "Yet again, the court of appeal has sent the strongest signal to the security establishment that it cannot play fast and loose with the rule of law.