English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "vryheid" is die toestand van vry wees binne die samelewing van onderdrukkende beperkings wat deur gesag op 'n mens se lewenswyse, gedrag of politieke sienings opgelê word. Dit kan ook verwys na die mag of reg om sonder belemmering of beperking op te tree, te praat of te dink soos 'n mens wil. In politieke kontekste kan vryheid verwys na die vryheid van individue van arbitrêre of despotiese regeringsbeheer of die reg om deel te neem aan die bestuur van 'n samelewing. Dit kan ook gebruik word om 'n bepaalde voorreg of immuniteit wat aan 'n individu of groep verleen word, te beskryf, soos 'n reg of toestemming om iets te doen wat andersins verbied sou word.

Synonyms

  1. familiarity
  2. indecorum
  3. impropriety

Sentence Examples

  1. But, as I was saying, we soon began to feel the effects of liberty and long speeches, and radicalism, and all that sort of thing.
  2. Fogg was going to risk life, or at least liberty, and therefore the success of his tour.
  3. But you must not suppose, because Marcela chose a life of such liberty and independence, and of so little or rather no retirement, that she has given any occasion, or even the semblance of one, for disparagement of her purity and modesty on the contrary, such and so great is the vigilance with which she watches over her honour, that of all those that court and woo her not one has boasted, or can with truth boast, that she has given him any hope however small of obtaining his desire.
  4. Upon careful inspection, she discovered that her new warden had taken the liberty of stripping off the remnants of her chemise and replaced her clothes with a heavy, green woolen tunic that loosely hung from her shoulders to her knees.
  5. There was Dan who had been with Richard since boyhood, and others who owed him their life or liberty such as Marc and Froggy Tate.
  6. He concluded a somewhat droll speech with a compliment upon what he was pleased to term the tact of Dupin, and made him a direct, and certainly a liberal proposition, the precise nature of which I do not feel myself at liberty to disclose, but which has no bearing upon the proper subject of my narrative.
  7. And indeed, if the truth is to be told, what I eat in my corner without form or fuss has much more relish for me, even though it be bread and onions, than the turkeys of those other tables where I am forced to chew slowly, drink little, wipe my mouth every minute, and cannot sneeze or cough if I want or do other things that are the privileges of liberty and solitude.
  8. Liberty, progress, reason, and tolerance, were some of the goals they espoused.
  9. His courage decreasing step-by-step, he walked to meet the man who threatened his liberty.
  10. Claiming a small area beside the fire, Emma took the liberty of drying herself in its warmth.