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Definition of civil liberty noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

civil liberty

noun

/ˌsɪvl ˈlɪbəti/

/ˌsɪvl ˈlɪbərti/

[countable, usually plural, uncountable]

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the right of people to be free to say or do what they want while respecting others and staying within the law
- an infringement of our civil liberties
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