LIBERAL
- Open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values
- Favorable to or respectful of individual rights and freedoms
- (in a political context) Favoring maximum individual liberty in political and social reform
- Of or characteristic of Liberals or a Liberal Party
- a person favorable to progress or reform [n LIBERALS]
- (in the UK) Of or relating to the Liberal Democrat Party
- Regarding many traditional beliefs as dispensable, invalidated by modern thought, or liable to change
- (of education) Concerned mainly with broadening a person's general knowledge and experience, rather than with technical or professional training
- (esp. of an interpretation of a law) Broadly construed or understood; not strictly literal or exact
- Given, used, or occurring in generous amounts
- (of a person) Giving generously
- one who is open to ideas of progress or reform [n -S]