单词 | civil liberty |
释义 | civil liberty (once / 3565 pages) n WORD FAMILY civil liberty: civil liberties USAGE EXAMPLESClaire Guthrie Gastañaga, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, expressed concern that the ultimate goal might be some form of censorship. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) He signed the Civil Liberties Act to compensate more than 100,000 people of Japanese descent who were incarcerated in internment camps. BBC(Dec 25, 2016) In its 2016 report, Freedom House identified Nigeria, Liberia and Ivory Coast among countries experiencing big advances in political rights and civil liberties. The Guardian(Dec 25, 2016) 1n fundamental individual right protected by law and expressed as immunity from unwarranted governmental interference Hyper civil right right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality 2n one's freedom to exercise one's rights as guaranteed under the laws of the country Syn|Hyper political liberty freedom the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints |
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