liberal

adjective

• 1willing to respect or accept behaviour or opinions different from one’s own; open to new ideas:liberal views towards divorce
• favourable to or respectful of individual rights and freedoms:liberal citizenship laws
• (in a political context) favouring individual liberty, free trade, and moderate political and social reform:a liberal democratic state
• (Liberal) relating to Liberals or a Liberal Party, especially (in the UK) relating to the Liberal Democrat party: the Liberal leader
• Theology regarding many traditional beliefs as dispensable, invalidated by modern thought, or liable to change.

• 2 [attributive] (of education) concerned with broadening a person’s general knowledge and experience, rather than with technical or professional training: the provision of liberal adult education

• 3(especially of an interpretation of a law) broadly construed or understood; not strictly literal:they could have given the 1968 Act a more liberal interpretation

• 4given, used, or occurring in generous amounts:liberal amounts of wine had been consumed
• (of a person) giving generously:Sam was too liberal with the wine

noun

• a person of liberal views: a concern among liberals about the relation of the citizen to the state
• (Liberal) a supporter or member of a Liberal Party, especially (in the UK) a Liberal Democrat.