From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcivil libertyˌcivil ˈliberty noun [uncountable] (also civil liberties [plural]) RIGHT/HAVE THE RIGHT TOthe right of all citizens to be free to do whatever they want while respecting the rights of other people
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civil liberty• This is not civil liberty but plain silliness.• Under Conservative rule civil liberty became seriously eroded.• The Westerners, on the other hand, envisaged progress towards civil liberty and economic justice along Western lines. 