Essential Greek and Latin Roots for Twelfth Grade Students: lib, liber

Learn these words derived from the Latin root liber meaning "free."
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  1. civil liberty
    freedom from arbitrary governmental interence
  2. liberal
    showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
  3. liberal arts
    studies that provide general knowledge and skills
  4. liberalism
    a political orientation favoring social progress by reform
  5. liberalization
    the act of making less strict
  6. liberalize
    become more broad-minded
  7. liberate
    grant freedom to; free from confinement
  8. liberated
    free from traditional social restraints
  9. liberation
    the act of freeing someone or something
  10. liberator
    someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
  11. libertarian
    an advocate of freedom of thought and speech
  12. libertine
    unrestrained by convention or morality
Created on Wed Jun 18 11:47:04 EDT 2025 (updated Wed Jun 18 11:47:09 EDT 2025)

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