- 1willing to understand and respect other people's behavior, opinions, etc., especially when they are different from your own; believing people should be able to choose how they behave liberal attitudes/views/opinions politics
- 2wanting or allowing a lot of political and economic freedom and supporting gradual social, political, or religious change Some politicians want more liberal trade relations with Europe. liberal democracy liberal theories a liberal politician
- 3Liberal connected with the Liberal Party, a political party in Canada generous
- 4liberal (with something) generous; given in large amounts synonym lavish She is very liberal with her money. I think Sam is too liberal with his criticism (= he criticizes people too much). Divorced fathers should have liberal access to their children. We ate cake with liberal amounts of whipped cream. education
- 5concerned with increasing someone's general knowledge and experience rather than particular skills a liberal education not exact
- 6not completely accurate or exact synonym free a liberal translation of the text a liberal interpretation of the law
respecting other opinions
adverb Apply the cream liberally. The word “original” is liberally interpreted in copyright law.See liberal in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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