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Liberty

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.

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Discretion 76% connected

Disjunction; separation.

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Latitude 76% connected

Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width.

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Licence 76% connected

a legal document giving official permission to do something

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License 76% connected

Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry…

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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Self-determination 76% connected

Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or act…

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Self-government 76% connected

The act of governing one's self, or the state of being governed by one's self; self-control; self-command.

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Freedom 76% connected

The state of being free; exemption from the power and control of another; liberty; independence.

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Independence 76% connected

The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by, others; self-subsistence or maintenanc…

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Independency 76% connected

Independence.

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Leave 76% connected

To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.

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Misbehavior 76% connected

Improper, rude, or uncivil behavior; ill conduct.

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Misdeed 76% connected

An evil deed; a wicked action.

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Liberate 74% connected

To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to free; to manumit; to disengage; as, to liberate a slave or prisoner; to liberate the mind…

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Liberate 74% connected

To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to free; to manumit; to disengage; as, to liberate a slave or prisoner; to liberate the mind…

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Autonomy 92% connected

The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state.

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Familiarity 92% connected

The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimac…

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Impropriety 92% connected

The quality of being improper; unfitness or unsuitableness to character, time place, or circumstances; as, impropriety of behavior or manners.

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Indecorum 92% connected

Want of decorum; impropriety of behavior; that in behavior or manners which violates the established rules of civility, custom, or etiquette; indecor…

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