at liberty
Able to choose
At liberty means free from confinement or restriction.
A prisoner at liberty has been released or escaped.
More commonly, the phrase appears in polite formulas about availability or permission: I'm not at liberty to discuss that means one is not free to share the information.
To be at liberty to do something is to have permission or freedom to do it.
Granted permission to proceed
- permittedGranted leave to proceed
- entitledHaving rightful claim
- authorizedGiven official permission
- at willAs one pleases
unconstrained · unrestricted · privileged · empowered · sanctioned · licensed · cleared · approved
Ready to be used
- unoccupiedHaving no occupant
- uncommittedNot bound to anything
- unengagedNot participating or promised
- idleWithout activity or purpose
free · open · at leisure · off duty · unscheduled · unbooked · spare · ready
Without payment or restriction
- releasedSet free from confinement
- unconfinedNot restricted or contained
- unrestrictedHaving no limitations
- unconstrainedHaving no restrictions
at large · loose · unbound · unshackled · unchained · unfettered · discharged · paroled
Free from external control
- self-determinedDecided by oneself
- autonomousSelf-directed and free
- sovereignSupreme in power
- self-governingControlling one's own affairs
self-reliant · self-directed · voluntary · discretionary · optional · elective · volitional · self-sufficient
allowed
Granted permission to proceed
- permittedGranted leave to proceed
- entitledHaving rightful claim
- authorizedGiven official permission
at will · unconstrained · unrestricted · privileged · empowered · sanctioned · licensed · cleared · approved · enabled
available
Ready to be used
- unoccupiedHaving no occupant
- uncommittedNot bound to anything
- unengagedNot participating or promised
idle · free · open · at leisure · off duty · unscheduled · unbooked · spare · ready · accessible
free
Without payment or restriction
- releasedSet free from confinement
- unconfinedNot restricted or contained
- unrestrictedHaving no limitations
unconstrained · at large · loose · unbound · unshackled · unchained · unfettered · discharged · paroled · pardoned
independent
Free from external control
- self-determinedDecided by oneself
- autonomousSelf-directed and free
- sovereignSupreme in power
self-governing · self-reliant · self-directed · voluntary · discretionary · optional · elective · volitional · self-sufficient · freewill
- freefree, freed, released, unchained, unshackled
- availabilityavailable, unavailable, sold out, in stock, out of stock
at libertyimprisoned
Held in custody
incarcerated · confined · in custody · behind bars · locked up
at libertycommitted
Firmly pledged or bound
obligated · occupied · engaged · tied up · unavailable
at libertyrestricted
Limited in scope
forbidden · prohibited · limited · not allowed · barred
liberty, liberate, liberation, liberated, emancipate, liberties, liberator, liberating, libertarian