Liberal ¹

Definition: 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.

Liberal ²

Definition: Bestowing in a large and noble way, as a freeman; generous; bounteous; open-handed; as, a liberal giver.

Liberal ³

Definition: 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.

Liberal ⁴

Definition: 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.

Liberal ⁵

Definition: Not narrow or contracted in mind; not selfish; enlarged in spirit; catholic.

Liberal ⁶

Definition: Free to excess; regardless of law or moral restraint; licentious.

Liberal ⁷

Definition: 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.

Liberal ⁸

Definition: 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.

liberal ⁹

Definition: a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

liberal ¹⁰

Definition: a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets

liberal ¹¹

Definition: showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent''s opinions"

liberal ¹²

Definition: tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition

liberal ¹³

Definition: not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"

liberal ¹⁴

Definition: given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday''s child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and

liberal ¹⁵

Definition: having political or social views favoring reform and progress