liberties

noun pl. liberties

1. freedom or release from slavery, imprisonment, captivity, or any other form of arbitrary control
2. the sum of rights and exemptions possessed in common by the people of a community, state, etc.
3. a particular right, franchise, or exemption from compulsion
4. a too free, too familiar, or impertinent action or attitude
5. the limits within which a certain amount of freedom may be exercised: to have the liberty of the third floor
6. 1. permission given to a sailor to go ashore; specif., in the U.S. Navy, permission given to an enlisted person to be absent from duty for a period ordinarily of 48 hours or less
   2. the period of time given
7. Philos. freedom to choose; freedom from compulsion or constraint