civil liberty

Noun civil liberty has 2 senses

• civil liberty(n = noun.state) political liberty - one's freedom to exercise one's rights as guaranteed under the laws of the country;
is a kind of freedom

• civil liberty(n = noun.attribute) - fundamental individual right protected by law and expressed as immunity from unwarranted governmental interference;
is a kind of civil right
Derived form adjective civil-libertarian₁