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L — Lee to Lick (Part 10 of 11)

Liberation, n.

    1. Deliverance, rescue, release, setting free.
    2. Release, discharge.

Liberties, n. pl.

    1. Limits (of a prison, etc.).
    2. Unwarrantable freedom.
    3. Immunities, franchises, privileges.

Libertine, n. Rake, debauchee, profligate, roué, dissolute man, man of pleasure.

Libertine, a. Licentious, dissolute, depraved, corrupt.

Libertinism, n. Licentiousness, dissoluteness, debauchery.

Liberty, n.

    1. Freedom (after previous restraint), liberation from foreign restraint, independence, self-direction, self- government.
    2. Privilege, immunity, franchise.
    3. Leave, permission, license.

Libidinous, a. Lascivious, lustful, carnal, lecherous, lickerish, lewd, salacious, concupiscent, wanton, loose, unchaste, incontinent, lubric, lubrical, lubricous, sensual, impure.

Librate, v. a. Balance, poise, hold in equipoise.

Libratory, a. Balancing.

License, n.

    1. Permission, privilege, leave, right.
    2. Permit, warrant.
    3. Laxity, excessive liberty, exorbitant freedom, disorder, anarchy, lawlessness.