Emily Dickinson Lexicon

liberty (-'s), n. [Fr. liberté < L. līber, free.] (webplay: body, books, control, establishment, except, free, leave, life, permitted, prison, privilege, secured, set, take, thought, will).

1. Immortality; eternity; freedom from sin and death.
2. Freedom from restraint; state of exemption from control; [fig.] freedom from spiritual bondage.
3. Sovereignty; independence; political freedom; national security; [fig.] emancipation; abolition of slavery.
4. Choice; option; possibility.
5. Liberation; release from prison.
6. Autonomy; self-reliance; ability to move at will.
7. Phrase: “At liberty”: free; in a position to escape; able to move without restraint.