"at liberty" meaning in English

See at liberty in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

  1. Free; not confined or restricted.
    Sense id: en-at_liberty-en-prep_phrase-hQ0~xQnc
  2. (euphemistic, theater) Unemployed; out of work. Tags: euphemistic
    Sense id: en-at_liberty-en-prep_phrase-w25422cO Categories (other): English euphemisms, Theater, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
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