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Definition of Liberal

Liberal Free by birth; hence, befitting a freeman or gentleman; refined; noble; independent; free; not servile or mean; as, a liberal ancestry; a liberal spirit; liberal arts or studies. Bestowing in a large and noble way, as a freeman; generous; bounteous; open-handed; as, a liberal giver. Bestowed in a large way; hence, more than sufficient; abundant; bountiful; ample; profuse; as, a liberal gift; a liberal discharge of matter or of water. Not strict or rigorous; not confined or restricted to the literal sense; free; as, a liberal translation of a classic, or a liberal construction of law or of language. Not narrow or contracted in mind; not selfish; enlarged in spirit; catholic. Free to excess; regardless of law or moral restraint; licentious. Not bound by orthodox tenets or established forms in political or religious philosophy; independent in opinion; not conservative; friendly to great freedom in the constitution or administration of government; having tendency toward democratic or republican, as distinguished from monarchical or aristocratic, forms; as, liberal thinkers; liberal Christians; the Liberal party. One who favors greater freedom in political or religious matters; an opponent of the established systems; a reformer; in English politics, a member of the Liberal party, so called. Cf. Whig. Related Definitions: Abundant, Administration, Ample, An, Ancestry, And, Aristocratic, As, Befitting, Bestowed, Bestowing, Birth, Bound, Bounteous, Bountiful, By, Called, Catholic, Classic, Confined, Conservative, Constitution, Construction, Contracted, Democratic, Discharge, Distinguished, English, Enlarged, Established, Excess, Free, Freedom, Freeman, Friendly, From, Generous, Gentleman, Gift, Giver, Government, Great, Having, Hence, In, Independent, Language, Large, Law, Liberal, Licentious, Literal, Matter, Mean, Member, Mind, Monarchical, Moral, More, Narrow, Noble, Not, Of, One, Open-Handed, Opinion, Opponent, Or, Orthodox, Party, Philosophy, Political, Politics, Profuse, Refined, Reformer, Regardless, Religious, Republican, Restraint, Restricted, Rigorous, Selfish, Sense, Servile, So, Spirit, Strict, Studies, Sufficient, Tendency, Than, The, To, Toward, Translation, Water, Way, Whig, Who

Liberal Quotations I am certainly a liberal. Kathleen Turner There is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and latino America and asian America - there's the United States of America. Barack Obama God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to us. Henry David Thoreau The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time. Henry David Thoreau A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future. Leonard Bernstein

Liberal Translations liberal in Dutch is liberaal, vrijzinnig liberal in Finnish is vapaamielinen liberal in Italian is liberale liberal in Norwegian is liberal, frisinnet, gavmild liberal in Swedish is liberal, frisinnad, givmild

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