English

Noun

liberty of conscience ‎(uncountable)

1. The freedom to follow one's religious or ethical beliefs.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.19:

     the Emperor Julian useth the same receipt of libertie of conscience, to enkindle the trouble of civill dissention, which our Kings employ to extinguish.

   • 2010, Alistair Cooke, The Guardian, 12 June 1957:

     The 1620 ship brought a small company of brave men and women to plant here liberty of conscience denied them in their homeland.