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Freedom provided by the cessation of activities. examples
Free time, time free from work or duties. quotations examples
The desire of leisure is much more natural than of business and care.
1672, William Temple, An Essay Upon the Original and Nature of Government
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 little leisure for serious employment.
1811, [Jane Austen], chapter 11, in Sense and Sensibility […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […]
This is why the mathematical arts were founded in Egypt; for there the priestly caste was allowed to be at leisure.
1908, Aristotle, translated by William David Ross, Metaphysics
Time at one's command, free from engagement; convenient opportunity; hence, convenience; ease. quotations examples
He sigh'd, and had no leisure more to say.
1717, John Dryden [et al.], “(please specify |book=I to XV)”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […]