חֵירוּת, (חוֹר II) freedom, liberty, libertinism; leisure. Mekh. B’shall. s. 1, v. חִירָה. Gitt. 42ᵃ יצא לח׳ becomes free (ib. 8ᵇ, a. fr. בן חוֹרִין). Erub. 54ᵃ (play on חָרוּת, Ex. XXXII, 16) א"ת חרות אלא חי׳ read not ḥaruth (engraven) but ḥeruth (liberty) on the tablets (you are free, if you observe the law); Ex. R. s. 32, beg. ח׳ מן המלכיות liberation from political oppression, ח׳ ממלאך המות liberation from the angel of death (pestilence); a. fr.