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FromMiddle Englishleyser, fromAnglo-Normanleisir, variant ofOld Frenchloisir(to enjoy oneself) (ModernFrenchloisir survives as a noun), substantive use of a verb, fromLatinlicēre(be permitted). Displaced nativeOld Englishǣmetta.

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leisure (countable anduncountable,pluralleisures)

  1. Freedom provided by thecessation ofactivities.
  2. Free time,timefree fromwork orduties.
    • 1672,William Temple,An Essay Upon the Original and Nature of Government:
      The desire ofleisure is much more natural than of business and care.
    • 1811,[Jane Austen], chapter 11, inSense and Sensibility [], volume(please specify |volume=I to III), London: [] C[harles] Roworth, [], and published byT[homas] Egerton, [],→OCLC:
      Little had Mrs. Dashwood or her daughters imagined when they first came into Devonshire, that so many engagements would arise to occupy their time as shortly presented themselves, or that they should have such frequent invitations and such constant visitors as to leave them littleleisure for serious employment.
    • 1908,Aristotle, translated byWilliam David Ross,Metaphysics:
      This is why the mathematical arts were founded in Egypt; for there the priestly caste was allowed to be atleisure.
  3. Time at one's command, free from engagement; convenient opportunity; hence, convenience; ease.

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freedom provided
time free

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