Liberty vs. Equality

Libertynoun

The condition of being free from control or restrictions.

Libertynoun

The condition of being free from imprisonment, slavery or forced labour.

Libertynoun

The condition of being free to act, believe or express oneself as one chooses.

Libertynoun

Freedom from excessive government control.

Libertynoun

A short period when a sailor is allowed ashore.

Libertynoun

(often plural) A breach of social convention.

Libertynoun

A local division of government administration in medieval England.

Libertynoun

(game of go) an empty space next to a group of stones of the same color.

Libertynoun

The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; - opposed to slavery, serfdom, bondage, or subjection.

Libertynoun

Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon locomotion.

Libertynoun

A privilege conferred by a superior power; permission granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to play, or to a witness to leave a court, and the like.

Libertynoun

Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the commercial cities of Europe.

Libertynoun

The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or jurisdiction is exercised.

Libertynoun

A certain amount of freedom; permission to go freely within certain limits; also, the place or limits within which such freedom is exercised; as, the liberties of a prison.

Libertynoun

A privilege or license in violation of the laws of etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty.

Libertynoun

The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from compulsion or constraint in willing.

Libertynoun

A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the tongue of the horse.

Libertynoun

Leave of absence; permission to go on shore.

Libertynoun

immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence

Libertynoun

freedom of choice;

Libertynoun

personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression

Libertynoun

leave granted to a sailor or naval officer

Libertynoun

an act of undue intimacy

Liberty

Broadly speaking, liberty is the ability to do as one pleases, or a right or immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant (i.e. privilege).

Equalitynoun

The fact of being equal.

Equalitynoun

(mathematics) The fact of being equal, of having the same value.

Equalitynoun

The equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences.

Equalitynoun

The condition or quality of being equal; agreement in quantity or degree as compared; likeness in bulk, value, rank, properties, etc.; as, the equality of two bodies in length or thickness; an equality of rights.

Equalitynoun

Sameness in state or continued course; evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of temper or constitution.

Equalitynoun

Evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of surface.

Equalitynoun

Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; - denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure that x does.

Equalitynoun

the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status

Equalitynoun

a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced;

Equalitynoun

the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, or opportunities

Equalitynoun

a symbolic expression of the fact that two quantities are equal; an equation.