latitude

Noun

• scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction

• an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator

• freedom from normal restraints in conduct
  • the new freedom in movies and novels
    
  • allowed his children considerable latitude in how they spent their money
    

• the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  line of latitude , parallel of latitude , parallel