Liberal is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for LIBERAL in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a person favorable to progress or reform
• a person of liberal views
• a supporter or member of a Liberal Party, especially (in the UK) a Liberal Democrat.
• 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.
• a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
• a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
• person with such views
ADJECTIVE:
• generous, freehanded
• favourable to or respectful of individual rights and freedoms
• (in a political context) favouring individual liberty, free trade, and moderate political and social reform
• relating to Liberals or a Liberal Party, especially (in the UK) relating to the Liberal Democrat party
• regarding many traditional beliefs as dispensable, invalidated by modern thought, or liable to change.
• (especially of an interpretation of a law) broadly construed or understood; not strictly literal
• given, used, or occurring in generous amounts
• (of a person) giving generously
• having social and political views that favour progress and reform
• 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.
• Bestowing in a large and noble way, as a freeman; generous; bounteous; open-handed; as, a liberal giver.
• 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.
• 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.
• Not narrow or contracted in mind; not selfish; enlarged in spirit; catholic.
• Free to excess; regardless of law or moral restraint; licentious.
• 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.
• showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
• having political or social views favoring reform and progress
• tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
• given or giving freely
• not literal
• willing to respect or accept behaviour or opinions different from one's own; open to new ideas
• (of education) concerned with broadening a person's general knowledge and experience, rather than with technical or professional training

Words related to LIBERAL

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Words that contain LIBERAL

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How to use LIBERAL in a sentence

• It contains in itself all the elements of a liberal education in out-of-the-way-ness.
• With The Liberal I shall close my observations on the works of Lord Byron.
• The party candidate is, at his first appearance, to most of his constituents merely a packet with the name of Liberal or Conservative upon it.
• She found in the Marquess de Vauban a kind and liberal benefactor.
• The invitations, liberal as they were, were sought for quite in excess of the supply, and long before the doors were open, it was quite assured that the affair would be a crush.
• The war and the German society, the testament of a liberal.
• Liberal use of archie will help you find specific files.
• He also gave on one occasion a very remarkable indication of liberal and tolerant views.
• The spirit of the colony is thoroughly liberal, without being democratic in the narrow sense.
• The whole paper is less carefully edited, but its opinions are more liberal, and it is in no sense a party paper.
• Massachusetts was given another charter which, though not so liberal as the first, restored the spirit if not the entire letter of self-government.
• While far more liberal than his predecessor, his acts had somewhat limited the former freedom of the New England colonies.
• The position of the Miguelites, relatively to the conflicting, so called, liberal parties, is just what I apprehended, and expressed very lately to Mr.
• There was also a reading-room, and the same valuable and liberal provision we had found attached to some of the Manchester warehouses.
• The Liberal was elected by a majority of 18 over the Conservative, by 146 over the Independent, and by 575 over the Socialist.
• For literature is the greatest of all sources of refined pleasure, and one of the great uses of a liberal education is to enable us to enjoy that pleasure.
• The people of New York are very liberal in matters of opinion.
• Fadhl, the son of Yahya, was more liberal but less eloquent than his brother Jaafar.
• He was liberal, but opposed the Reform Bill of that party in 1866-67.
• I am making rather a liberal allowance, in case of being blown out of my course by a tropical gale.
• Hampden, himself a very liberal and accomplished man, made a point of showing every attention in his power to the Prince, and they soon became very intimate.
• He was a Scotchman by birth, a man of letters and of liberal views.
• Within a year the marvelous old man had recovered his voice, recovered his popularity, resumed the Liberal leadership, and for the fourth time was Prime Minister of Great Britain.
• A tolerable, but by no means a liberal, amount of cabin accommodation will be provided.
• Both Liberal and Tory believed in the substantial patriotism and good purpose of the adversary as a fundamental concession and that all were seeking the best welfare of England.
• We turn from this judicious and liberal article, to one that is less favorable.
• We also command that their salaries and fees be paid, so that they may more readily instruct many in liberal studies and the above mentioned Arts.

Similar words containing LIBER without suffix al

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