liberal

a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets

showing or characterized by broad-mindedness

• “a broad political stance”
• “generous and broad sympathies”
• “a liberal newspaper”
• “tolerant of his opponent”

having political or social views favoring reform and progress

tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition

given or giving freely

• “was a big tipper”
• “the bounteous goodness of God”
• “bountiful compliments”
• “a freehanded host”
• “a handsome allowance”
• “Saturday”
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not literal

• “a loose interpretation of what she had been told”
• “a free translation of the poem”