4. lavish, profuse, rich, ample, copious, abundant; bountiful, plenteous, plentiful, rife, luxuriant; extensive, broad, wide, far-reaching, wide-reaching, wide-ranging; wholesale, full, sweeping, large-scale.
5. free, casual, unrestricted, nonrestrictive, not close, not literal, extended; deviating, unstrict, inexact, imprecise.
-n. 6. progressivist, progressive, libertarian, lati-tudinarian; left-winger, leftist, radical, independent, freethinker, free spirit; reformist, humanist, ecumeni-cist; nonpartisan, individual, neutral, mugwump,
liberalism, n. libertarianism, latitudinarianism, libertinism; progressivism, left wing, left; freedom of choice, independence, unilaterality, noninterference, laissez faire; unprovincialism, unparochialism, ecumenism, ecumenicalism, catholicity, universality, cosmopolitanism,
liberality, n. 1. generosity, charitableness, bounty, largess, charity, benefaction, beneficence; bounteousness, liberalness, bountifulness, open-handedness; philanthropy, humanitarianism, magnanimity, munificence, big-heartedness, bigness; altruism, unselfishness, large heart, free hand; kindness, kindheartedness, graciousness, compassion.
2. lavishness, prodigality, profuseness, profusion, ampleness, plenty, abundance, luxuriance; extensiveness, fullness, wideness, width, sweep.
3. broadness, broad-mindedness, wide-mindedness, large-mindedness, libertarianism, latitudinarianism; broad gauge, breadth, latitude, toleration, indulgence; unprejudicedness, unbigotedness, unbiasedness, equi-tability, objectivity; dispassion, detachment, impartiality, neutrality, dispassionateness, disinterestedness.
4. progressivism, freethinking. See - liberalism, liberalize, v. 1. expand, extend, widen, broaden; grow, develop, increase, enlarge, lengthen, project, elongate.
2. loosen, loose, relax, soften, ease, slacken; free, liberate, release,
liberate, v. 1. free, enfranchise, affranchise, franchise, manumit, emancipate; deliver, rescue, ransom, redeem, Theol. save; release, loose, let loose, turn loose, set loose, set free, unpen, unmew, disimprison; disenthrall, unfetter, unbind, untie, unbridle, unyoke, unshackle, unchain, unhandcuff, unmuzzle, Archaic. untruss; acquit, dismiss, discharge, let go, let out of, let off, Inf. let off the hook.
2. disengage, disunite, disjoin, disconnect, dissociate; separate, part, divide, sunder, sever, disintegrate, dissolve, break apart or up; loosen, detach, unfix, undo, unfasten, unhook; extricate, take out, extract, pull out; distill, volatize, vaporize, gasify, aerify, Both Chem. sublimate, sublime,
liberation, n. 1. freedom, freeing, liberty, liberating, enfranchisement, enfranchising, affranchisement, franchisement, franchising, manumitting, emancipation, emancipating; deliverance, delivery, delivering, rescue, rescuing, ransom, ransoming, redemption, redeeming, Both Theol. salvation, saving; release, releasing, loosing, disenthrallment, disenthralling, unfettering, unbinding, untying, unbridling, unyoking, unshackling, unchaining; acquittal, acquittance, acquitting, dismissal, dismissing, discharge, discharging.
2. disengagement, disengaging, disuniting, disjoining, disconnection, disconnecting, dissociation, dissociating; separation, separating, parting, division, divid