English noun: civil liberty | |||
| 1. | civil liberty (state) one's freedom to exercise one's rights as guaranteed under the laws of the country | ||
| Synonyms | political liberty | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | freedom | ||
| 2. | civil liberty (attribute) fundamental individual right protected by law and expressed as immunity from unwarranted governmental interference | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | civil right | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||