In Webster's Collegiate- [comments added]
1.of or related to the liberal arts.
2. Marked by generosity, openhanded, liberal giver. [politically, a spendthrift]
3. Lacking moral restraint, licentious [I could comment, but it would only stir the nest]
4. Not literal, :LOOSE [Yes indeedy]
5. broadminded, not bound by orthodoxy, tradition, etc. [think outside the box in current slang]
6. Of, favoring, or based upon the principles of liberalism- [and various political stances implicit in the term]
Syn. Liberal, generous, munificent, etc. [words beloved by those who think the world owes them a living]