Dictionary definition · liberal
noun
- a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
- a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
adjective
- showing or characterized by broad-mindedness"a broad political stance"
- having political or social views favoring reform and progress
- tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
- given or giving freely"was a big tipper"
- not literal"a loose interpretation of what she had been told"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).