| libation | (noun) the act of pouring a liquid offering (especially wine) as a religious ceremony | - |
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| (noun) a serving (of wine) poured out in honor of a deity | - |
| (noun) (facetious) a serving of an alcoholic beverage | - |
| libber | (noun) a supporter of feminism | Synonyms: feminist, women's liberationist, women's rightist |
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| libel | (noun) a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person | - |
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| (noun) the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief he seeks | - |
| (verb) print slanderous statements against | - |
| libeler | (noun) one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel | Synonyms: backbiter, defamer, maligner, slanderer, traducer, vilifier |
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| libellous | (adjective) (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | Synonyms: calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libelous, slanderous |
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| libelous | (adjective) (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | Synonyms: calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, slanderous |
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| liberal | (adjective) tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition | - |
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| (adjective) showing or characterized by broad-mindedness | Synonyms: broad, large-minded, tolerant |
| (adjective) given or giving freely | Synonyms: big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, openhanded |
| (adjective) not literal | Synonyms: free, loose |
| (adjective) having political or social views favoring reform and progress | - |
| (noun) a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties | Synonyms: liberalist, progressive |
| (noun) a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets | - |
| liberalisation | (noun) the act of making less strict | Synonyms: liberalization, relaxation |
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| liberalise | (verb) make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules | Synonyms: liberalize |
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| (verb) become more liberal | Synonyms: liberalize |
| liberalism | (noun) a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution | - |
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| (noun) an economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market | - |
| liberalist | (noun) a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties | Synonyms: liberal, progressive |
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| liberalistic | (adjective) having or demonstrating belief in the essential goodness of man and the autonomy of the individual; favoring civil and political liberties, government by law with the consent of the governed, and protection from arbitrary authority | - |
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| liberality | (noun) the trait of being generous in behavior and temperament | Synonyms: liberalness |
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| (noun) an inclination to favor progress and individual freedom | Synonyms: liberalness |
| liberalization | (noun) the act of making less strict | Synonyms: liberalisation, relaxation |
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| liberalize | (verb) make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules | Synonyms: liberalise |
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| (verb) become more liberal | Synonyms: liberalise |
| liberally | (adverb) freely in a nonliteral manner | - |
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| (adverb) in a generous manner | Synonyms: generously, munificently |
| liberalness | (noun) the trait of being generous in behavior and temperament | Synonyms: liberality |
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| (noun) an inclination to favor progress and individual freedom | Synonyms: liberality |
| liberate | (verb) release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition | Synonyms: free, release |
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| (verb) grant freedom to | Synonyms: set free |
| (verb) give equal rights to; of women and minorities | Synonyms: emancipate |
| (verb) grant freedom to; free from confinement | Synonyms: free, loose, release, unloose, unloosen |
| liberated | (adjective) free from traditional social restraints | Synonyms: emancipated |
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| (adjective) (of a gas e.g.) released from chemical combination | - |
| liberation | (noun) the attempt to achieve equal rights or status | - |
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| (noun) the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) | Synonyms: discharge, dismissal, dismission, firing, release, sack, sacking |
| (noun) the act of liberating someone or something | Synonyms: freeing, release |
| liberator | (noun) someone who releases people from captivity or bondage | - |
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| libertarian | (noun) someone who believes the doctrine of free will | - |
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| (noun) an advocate of libertarianism | - |
| libertarianism | (noun) an ideological belief in freedom of thought, speech and action | - |
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| libertine | (adjective) unrestrained by convention or morality | Synonyms: debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, fast, profligate, riotous |
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| (noun) a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained | Synonyms: debauchee, rounder |
| libertinism | (noun) A lifestyle or pattern of behavior characterized by self-indulgence and lack of restraint, especially one involving sexual promiscuity and rejection of religious or other moral authority. | - |
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| liberty | (noun) an act of undue intimacy | Synonyms: familiarity, impropriety, indecorum |
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| (noun) immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence | Synonyms: autonomy |
| (noun) freedom of choice | - |
| (noun) personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression | - |
| (noun) leave granted to a sailor or naval officer | Synonyms: shore leave |
| libidinal | (adjective) belonging to the libido | - |
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| libidinous | (adjective) driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires | Synonyms: lascivious, lewd, lustful |
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| libido | (noun) (psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire | - |
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| librarian | (noun) a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services | Synonyms: bibliothec |
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| librarianship | (noun) the position of librarian | - |
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| library | (noun) a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study | Synonyms: depository library |
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| (noun) a room where books are kept | - |
| (noun) a building that houses a collection of books and other materials | - |
| (noun) a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing | - |
| (noun) (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use | Synonyms: program library, subroutine library |
| librate | (verb) vibrate before coming to a total rest | - |
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| (verb) determine the weight of | Synonyms: weigh |
| libration | (noun) (astronomy) a real or apparent slow oscillation of a moon or satellite | - |
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| librettist | (noun) author of words to be set to music in an opera or operetta | - |
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| libretto | (noun) the words of an opera or musical play | - |
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| libtard | (noun) A pejorative term for a liberal | - |
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