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    civil liberty

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌcivil ˈliberty noun [uncountable] (also civil liberties [plural])  RIGHT/HAVE THE RIGHT TOthe right of all citizens to be free to do whatever they want while respecting the rights of other people 公民自由
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    civil liberty• This is not civil liberty but plain silliness.• Under Conservative rule civil liberty became seriously eroded.• The Westerners, on the other hand, envisaged progress towards civil liberty and economic justice along Western lines.
    ˌcivil ˈliberty nounChineseSyllable
    do be citizens to right the of free to all Corpus


    civil liberty
    ˌcivil ˈliberty noun [uncountable] (also civil liberties [plural])
    the right of all citizens to be free to do whatever they want while respecting the rights of other people


    civil libertyBrE /ˌsɪvl ˈlɪbəti/ 🔊NAmE /ˌsɪvl ˈlɪbərti/ 🔊 noun [countable, usually plural, uncountable] the right of people to be free to say or do what they want while respecting others and staying within the law 公民自由