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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FREE, n. [Heb. See Frank.]
1. Being at liberty; not being under necessity or restraint, physical or moral; a word of general application to the body, the will or mind, and to corporations.
2. In government, not enslaved; not in a state of vassalage or dependence; subject only to fixed laws, made by consent, and to a regular administration of such laws; not subject to the arbitrary will of a sovereign or lord; as a free state, nation or people.
3. Instituted by a free people, or by consent or choice of those who are to be subjects, and securing private rights and privileges by fixed laws and principles; not arbitrary or despotic; as a free constitution or government.
There can be no free government without a democratical branch in the constitution.
4. Not imprisoned, confined or under arrest; as, the prisoner is set free.
5. Unconstrained; unrestrained; not under compulsion or control. A man is free to pursue his own choice; he enjoys free will.
6. Permitted; allowed; open; not appropriated; as, places of honor and confidence are free to all; we seldom hear of a commerce perfectly free.
7. Not obstructed; as, the water has a free passage or channel; the house is open to a free current of air.
8. Licentious; unrestrained. The reviewer is very free in his censures.
9. Open; candid; frank; ingenuous; unreserved; as, we had a free conversation together.
Will you be free and candid to your friend?
10. Liberal in expenses; not parsimonious; as a free purse; a man is free to give to all useful institutions.
11. Gratuitous; not gained by importunity or purchase. He made him a free offer of his services. It is a free gift. The salvation of men is of free grace.
12. Clear of crime or offense; guiltless; innocent.
My hands are guilty, but my heart is free.
13. Not having feeling or suffering; clear; exempt; with from; as free from pain or disease; free from remorse.
14. Not encumbered with; as free from a burden.
15. Open to all, without restriction or without expense; as a free school.
16. Invested with franchises; enjoying certain immunities; with of; as a man free of the city of London.
17. Possessing without vassalage or slavish conditions; as free of his farm.
18. Liberated from the government or control of parents, or of a guardian or master. A son or an apprentice, when of age, is free.
19. Ready; eager; not dull; acting without spurring or shipping; as a free horse.
20. Genteel; charming. [Not in use.]
FREE, v.t.
1. To remove from a thing any encumbrance or obstruction; to disengage from; to rid; to strip; to clear; as, to free the body from clothes; to free the feet from fetters; to free a channel from sand.
2. To set at liberty; to rescue or release from slavery, captivity or confinement; to loose. The prisoner is freed from arrest.
3. To disentangle; to disengage.
4. To exempt.
He that is dead is freed from sin. Romans 6.
5. To manumit; to release from bondage; as, to free a slave.
6. To clear from water, as a ship by pumping.
7. To release from obligation or duty.
To free from or free of, is to rid of, by removing, in any manner.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice" [ant: unfree]
2: unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; "free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron" [ant: bound]
3: costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission" [syn: complimentary, costless, free, gratis, gratuitous]
4: not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane"
5: not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran" [syn: detached, free]
6: not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free man" [ant: unfree]
7: not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands" [syn: spare, free]
8: completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning" [syn: barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent]
9: not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem" [syn: free, loose, liberal] n
1: people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave" [syn: free, free people] v
1: grant freedom to; free from confinement [syn: free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose] [ant: confine, detain]
2: relieve from; "Rid the house of pests" [syn: rid, free, disembarrass]
3: remove or force out from a position; "The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble" [syn: dislodge, free] [ant: deposit, lodge, stick, wedge]
4: grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam" [syn: exempt, relieve, free] [ant: apply, enforce, implement]
5: make (information) available for publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners" [syn: free, release]
6: free from obligations or duties [syn: free, discharge]
7: free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor" [syn: free, disengage] [ant: block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude]
8: let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility" [syn: absolve, justify, free] [ant: blame, fault]
9: part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" [syn: release, relinquish, resign, free, give up]
10: release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition [syn: release, free, liberate]
11: make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account" [syn: unblock, unfreeze, free, release] [ant: block, freeze, immobilise, immobilize] adv
1: without restraint; "cows in India are running loose" [syn: loose, free]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective (freer; freest) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fr?o; akin to Old High German fr? free, Welsh rhydd, Sanskrit priya own, dear Date: before 12th century 1. a. having the legal and political rights of a citizen b. enjoying civil and political liberty <free citizens> c. enjoying political independence or freedom from outside domination d. enjoying personal freedom ; not subject to the control or domination of another 2. a. not determined by anything beyond its own nature or being ; choosing or capable of choosing for itself b. determined by the choice of the actor or performer <free actions> c. made, done, or given voluntarily or spontaneously 3. a. relieved from or lacking something and especially something unpleasant or burdensome <free from pain> <a speech free of political rhetoric> — often used in combination <error-free> b. not bound, confined, or detained by force 4. a. having no trade restrictions b. not subject to government regulation c. of foreign exchange not subject to restriction or official control 5. a. having no obligations (as to work) or commitments <I'll be free this evening> b. not taken up with commitments or obligations <a free evening> 6. having a scope not restricted by qualification <a free variable> 7. a. not obstructed, restricted, or impeded <free to leave> b. not being used or occupied <waved with his free hand> c. not hampered or restricted in its normal operation 8. a. not fastened <the free end of the rope> b. not confined to a particular position or place <in twelve-tone music, no note is wholly free for it must hold its place in the series — J. L. Stewart> c. capable of moving or turning in any direction <a free particle> d. performed without apparatus <free tumbling> e. done with artificial aids (as pitons) used only for protection against falling and not for support <a free climb> 9. a. not parsimonious <free spending> b. outspoken c. availing oneself of something without stint d. frank, open e. overly familiar or forward in action or attitude f. licentious 10. not costing or charging anything 11. a. (1) not united with, attached to, combined with, or mixed with something else ; separate <free ores> <a free surface of a bodily part> (2) freestanding <a free column> b. chemically uncombined <free oxygen> <free acids> c. not permanently attached but able to move about <a free electron in a metal> d. capable of being used alone as a meaningful linguistic form <the word hats is a free form> — compare bound V,7 12. a. not literal or exact <free translation> b. not restricted by or conforming to conventional forms <free skating> 13. favorable — used of a wind blowing from a direction more than six points from dead ahead 14. not allowing slavery 15. open to all comers • freeness noun Synonyms: free, independent, sovereign, autonomous mean not subject to the rule or control of another. free stresses the complete absence of external rule and the full right to make all of one's own decisions <you're free to do as you like>. independent implies a standing alone; applied to a state it implies lack of connection with any other having power to interfere with its citizens, laws, or policies <the colony's struggle to become independent>. sovereign stresses the absence of a superior power and implies supremacy within a thing's own domain or sphere <separate and sovereign armed services>. autonomous stresses independence in matters pertaining to self-government <in this denomination each congregation is regarded as autonomous>. II. transitive verb (freed; freeing) Date: before 12th century 1. a. to cause to be free b. to relieve or rid of what restrains, confines, restricts, or embarrasses <free a person from debt> — often used with up <free up space on the hard drive> c. disentangle, clear 2. obsolete banish • freer noun Synonyms: free, release, liberate, emancipate, manumit mean to set loose from restraint or constraint. free implies a usually permanent removal from whatever binds, confines, entangles, or oppresses <freed the animals from their cages>. release suggests a setting loose from confinement, restraint, or a state of pressure or tension, often without implication of permanent liberation <released his anger on a punching bag>. liberate stresses particularly the resulting state of liberty <liberated their country from the tyrant>. emancipate implies the liberation of a person from subjection or domination <labor-saving devices emancipated us from household drudgery>. manumit implies emancipation from slavery <the document manumitted the slaves>. III. adverb Date: 1559 1. in a free manner 2. without charge 3. with the wind more than six points from dead ahead <sailing free>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj., adv., & v. --adj. (freer; freest) 1 not in bondage to or under the control of another; having personal rights and social and political liberty. 2 (of a State, or its citizens or institutions) subject neither to foreign domination nor to despotic government; having national and civil liberty (a free press; a free society). 3 a unrestricted, unimpeded; not restrained or fixed. b at liberty; not confined or imprisoned. c released from ties or duties; unimpeded. d unrestrained as to action; independent (set free). 4 (foll. by of, from) a not subject to; exempt from (free of tax). b not containing or subject to a specified (usu. undesirable) thing (free of preservatives; free from disease). 5 (foll. by to + infin.) able or permitted to take a specified action (you are free to choose). 6 unconstrained (free gestures). 7 a available without charge; costing nothing. b not subject to tax, duty, trade-restraint, or fees. 8 a clear of engagements or obligations (are you free tomorrow?). b not occupied or in use (the bathroom is free now). c clear of obstructions. 9 spontaneous, unforced (free compliments). 10 open to all comers. 11 lavish, profuse; using or used without restraint (very free with their money). 12 frank, unreserved. 13 (of a literary style) not observing the strict laws of form. 14 (of a translation) conveying the broad sense; not literal. 15 forward, familiar, impudent. 16 (of talk, stories, etc.) slightly indecent. 17 Physics a not modified by an external force. b not bound in an atom or molecule. 18 Chem. not combined (free oxygen). 19 (of power or energy) disengaged or available. --adv. 1 in a free manner. 2 without cost or payment. 3 Naut. not close-hauled. --v.tr. 1 make free; set at liberty. 2 (foll. by of, from) relieve from (something undesirable). 3 disengage, disentangle. Phrases and idioms: free agent a person with freedom of action. free and easy informal, unceremonious. free association Psychol. a method of investigating a person's unconscious by eliciting from him or her spontaneous associations with ideas proposed by the examiner. free-born inheriting a citizen's rights and liberty. Free Church a Church dissenting or seceding from an established Church. free enterprise a system in which private business operates in competition and largely free of State control. free fall movement under the force of gravity only, esp.: 1 the part of a parachute descent before the parachute opens. 2 the movement of a spacecraft in space without thrust from the engines. free fight a general fight in which all present join. free-for-all a free fight, unrestricted discussion, etc. free-form (attrib.) of an irregular shape or structure. free hand freedom to act at one's own discretion (see also FREEHAND). free-handed generous. free-handedly generously. free-handedness generosity. free house Brit. an inn or public house not controlled by a brewery and therefore not restricted to selling particular brands of beer or liquor. free kick Football a set kick allowed to be taken by one side without interference from the other. free labour the labour of workmen not in a trade union. free-living 1 indulgence in pleasures, esp. that of eating. 2 Biol. living freely and independently; not attached to a substrate. free love sexual relations according to choice and unrestricted by marriage. free market a market in which prices are determined by unrestricted competition. free on board (or rail) without charge for delivery to a ship or railway wagon. free pass an authorization of free admission, travel, etc. free port 1 a port area where goods in transit are exempt from customs duty. 2 a port open to all traders. free radical Chem. an unchanged atom or group of atoms with one or more unpaired electrons. free-range esp. Brit. (of hens etc.) kept in natural conditions with freedom of movement. free rein see REIN. free school 1 a school for which no fees are charged. 2 a school run on the basis of freedom from restriction for the pupils. free speech the right to express opinions freely. free-spoken speaking candidly; not concealing one's opinions. free-standing not supported by another structure. free trade international trade left to its natural course without restriction on imports or exports. free verse = VERS LIBRE. free vote a Parliamentary vote not subject to party discipline. free wheel the driving wheel of a bicycle, able to revolve with the pedals at rest. free-wheel v.i intr. 1 ride a bicycle with the pedals at rest, esp. downhill. 2 move or act without constraint or effort. free will 1 the power of acting without the constraint of necessity or fate. 2 the ability to act at one's own discretion (I did it of my own free will). free world esp. US the non-Communist countries. Derivatives: freely adv. freeness n. Etymology: OE freo, freon f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Free Free (fr[=e]), a. [Compar. Freer (-[~e]r); superl. Freest (-[e^]st).] [OE. fre, freo, AS. fre['o], fr[=i]; akin to D. vrij, OS. & OHG. fr[=i], G. frei, Icel. fr[=i], Sw. & Dan. fri, Goth. freis, and also to Skr. prija beloved, dear, fr. pr[=i] to love, Goth. frij[=o]n. Cf. Affray, Belfry, Friday, Friend, Frith inclosure.] 1. Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclinations; determining one's own course of action; not dependent; at liberty. That which has the power, or not the power, to operate, is that alone which is or is not free. --Locke. 2. Not under an arbitrary or despotic government; subject only to fixed laws regularly and fairly administered, and defended by them from encroachments upon natural or acquired rights; enjoying political liberty. 3. Liberated, by arriving at a certain age, from the control of parents, guardian, or master. 4. Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go. Set an unhappy prisoner free. --Prior. 5. Not subjected to the laws of physical necessity; capable of voluntary activity; endowed with moral liberty; -- said of the will. Not free, what proof could they have given sincere Of true allegiance, constant faith, or love. --Milton. 6. Clear of offense or crime; guiltless; innocent. My hands are guilty, but my heart is free. --Dryden. 7. Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved; ingenuous; frank; familiar; communicative. He was free only with a few. --Milward. 8. Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; -- used in a bad sense. The critics have been very free in their censures. --Felton. A man may live a free life as to wine or women. --Shelley. 9. Not close or parsimonious; liberal; open-handed; lavish; as, free with his money. 10. Exempt; clear; released; liberated; not encumbered or troubled with; as, free from pain; free from a burden; -- followed by from, or, rarely, by of. Princes declaring themselves free from the obligations of their treaties. --Bp. Burnet. 11. Characteristic of one acting without restraint; charming; easy. 12. Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited; as, a free horse. 13. Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; -- followed by of. He therefore makes all birds, of every sect, Free of his farm. --Dryden. 14. Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed, engrossed, or appropriated; open; -- said of a thing to be possessed or enjoyed; as, a free school. Why, sir, I pray, are not the streets as free For me as for you? --Shak. 15. Not gained by importunity or purchase; gratuitous; spontaneous; as, free admission; a free gift. 16. Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending individual rights against encroachment by any person or class; instituted by a free people; -- said of a government, institutions, etc. 17. (O. Eng. Law) Certain or honorable; the opposite of base; as, free service; free socage. --Burrill. 18. (Law) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common; as, a free fishery; a free warren. --Burrill. 19. Not united or combined with anything else; separated; dissevered; unattached; at liberty to escape; as, free carbonic acid gas; free cells. Free agency, the capacity or power of choosing or acting freely, or without necessity or constraint upon the will. Free bench (Eng. Law), a widow's right in the copyhold lands of her husband, corresponding to dower in freeholds. Free board (Naut.), a vessel's side between water line and gunwale. Free bond (Chem.), an unsaturated or unemployed unit, or bond, of affinity or valence, of an atom or radical. Free-borough men (O.Eng. Law). See Friborg. Free chapel (Eccles.), a chapel not subject to the jurisdiction of the ordinary, having been founded by the king or by a subject specially authorized. [Eng.] --Bouvier. Free charge (Elec.), a charge of electricity in the free or statical condition; free electricity. Free church. (a) A church whose sittings are for all and without charge. (b) An ecclesiastical body that left the Church of Scotland, in 1843, to be free from control by the government in spiritual matters. Free city, or Free town, a city or town independent in its government and franchises, as formerly those of the Hanseatic league. Free cost, freedom from charges or expenses. --South. Free and easy, unconventional; unrestrained; regardless of formalities. [Colloq.] ``Sal and her free and easy ways.'' --W. Black. Free goods, goods admitted into a country free of duty. Free labor, the labor of freemen, as distinguished from that of slaves. Free port. (Com.) (a) A port where goods may be received and shipped free of custom duty. (b) A port where goods of all kinds are received from ships of all nations at equal rates of duty. Free public house, in England, a tavern not belonging to a brewer, so that the landlord is free to brew his own beer or purchase where he chooses. --Simmonds. Free school. (a) A school to which pupils are admitted without discrimination and on an equal footing. (b) A school supported by general taxation, by endowmants, etc., where pupils pay nothing for tuition; a public school. Free services (O.Eng. Law), such feudal services as were not unbecoming the character of a soldier or a freemen to perform; as, to serve under his lord in war, to pay a sum of money, etc. --Burrill. Free ships, ships of neutral nations, which in time of war are free from capture even though carrying enemy's goods. Free socage (O.Eng. Law), a feudal tenure held by certain services which, though honorable, were not military. --Abbott. Free States, those of the United States before the Civil War, in which slavery had ceased to exist, or had never existed. Free stuff (Carp.), timber free from knots; clear stuff. Free thought, that which is thought independently of the authority of others. Free trade, commerce unrestricted by duties or tariff regulations. Free trader, one who believes in free trade. To make free with, to take liberties with; to help one's self to. [Colloq.] To sail free (Naut.), to sail with the yards not braced in as sharp as when sailing closehauled, or close to the wind.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Free Free, adv. 1. Freely; willingly. [Obs.] I as free forgive you As I would be forgiven. --Shak. 2. Without charge; as, children admitted free.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Free Free, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Freed; p. pr. & vb. n. Freeing.] [OE. freen, freoien, AS. fre['o]gan. See Free, a.] 1. To make free; to set at liberty; to rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, oppresses, etc.; to release; to disengage; to clear; -- followed by from, and sometimes by off; as, to free a captive or a slave; to be freed of these inconveniences. --Clarendon. Our land is from the rage of tigers freed. --Dryden. Arise, . . . free thy people from their yoke. --Milton. 2. To remove, as something that confines or bars; to relieve from the constraint of. This master key Frees every lock, and leads us to his person. --Dryden. 3. To frank. [Obs.] --Johnson.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(freer, freest, frees, freeing, freed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If something is free, you can have it or use it without paying for it. The seminars are free, with lunch provided. ...a free brochure with details of gift vouchers. free of charge: see charge ADJ 2. Someone or something that is free is not restricted, controlled, or limited, for example by rules, customs, or other people. The government will be free to pursue its economic policies... The elections were free and fair... Economists argued that freer markets would quickly revive the region's economy... He fears that until state subsidies are removed, Russia will never have a truly free press... Dogs were allowed to roam free and 48 sheep were killed. ADJ: oft ADJ to-inf • freely They cast their votes freely and without coercion on election day... Merchandise can now circulate freely among the EU countries. ADV: ADV with v 3. If you free someone of something that is unpleasant or restricting, you remove it from them. The 30-year-old star is trying to free himself from his recording contract. VERB: V n of/from n 4. Someone who is free is no longer a prisoner or a slave. More than ninety prisoners have been set free so far under a government amnesty. ADJ: ADJ n, v-link ADJ, ADJ after v 5. To free a prisoner or a slave means to let them go or release them from prison. Israel is set to free more Lebanese prisoners... The act had a specific intent, to protect freed slaves from white mobs. VERB: V n, V-ed 6. If someone or something is free of or free from an unpleasant thing, they do not have it or they are not affected by it. ...a future far more free of fear... The filtration system provides the crew with clean air free from fumes. ADJ: v-link ADJ of/from n 7. A sum of money or type of goods that is free of tax or duty is one that you do not have to pay tax on. ADJ: v-link ADJ of n see also duty-free, interest-free, tax-free 8. To free someone or something means to make them available for a task or function that they were previously not available for. Toolbelts free both hands and lessen the risk of dropping hammers... His deal with Disney will run out shortly, freeing him to pursue his own project... There were more civilians working for the police, freeing officers from desk jobs. VERB: V n, V n to-inf, V n from/of/for n • Free up means the same as free. It can handle even the most complex graphic jobs, freeing up your computer for other tasks. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P 9. If you have a free period of time or are free at a particular time, you are not working or occupied then. She spent her free time shopping... I am always free at lunchtime. ADJ 10. If something such as a table or seat is free, it is not being used or occupied by anyone, or is not reserved for anyone to use. There was only one seat free on the train... ADJ 11. If you get something free or if it gets free, it is no longer trapped by anything or attached to anything. He pulled his arm free, and strode for the door... The shark was writhing around wildly, trying to get free. ADJ: v n ADJ, v-link ADJ, oft ADJ of n 12. If you free someone or something, you remove them from the place in which they have been trapped or become fixed. It took firemen two hours to cut through the drive belt to free him... VERB: V n 13. When someone is using one hand or arm to hold or move something, their other hand or arm is referred to as their free one. He snatched up the receiver and his free hand groped for the switch on the bedside lamp... ADJ: ADJ n 14. If you say that someone is free with something such as advice or money, you mean that they give a lot of it, sometimes when it is not wanted. They weren't always so free with their advice... They would often be free with criticism, some of it unjustified. ADJ: v-link ADJ with n [disapproval] 15. You say 'feel free' when you want to give someone permission to do something, in a very willing way. (INFORMAL) If you have any questions at all, please feel free to ask me. PHRASE: oft PHR to-inf [formulae] 16. If you do something or get something for free, you do it without being paid or get it without having to pay for it. (INFORMAL) I wasn't expecting you to do it for free... PHRASE: PHR after v 17. to give someone a free hand: see hand

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. a. 1. Independent, unrestrained, at liberty. 2. Released, delivered, emancipated, liberated. 3. Exempt, clear. 4. Allowed, permitted, open. 5. Unobstructed, unimpeded, unrestricted, open. 6. Frank, ingenuous, candid, artless, sincere, unreserved, frank-hearted. 7. Generous, liberal, bountiful, hospitable, charitable, munificent, free-hearted, open-handed, not parsimonious. 8. Prodigal, lavish, immoderate. 9. Ready, eager, prompt, willing. 10. Gratuitous, spontaneous, willing. 11. Loose, lax. 12. Familiar, over-familiar. 13. Unconstrained, easy, informal, familiar. II. v. a. 1. Liberate, emancipate, manumit, release, disinthrall, enfranchise, deliver, set free, set at liberty. 2. Rid, clear, disengage.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Free of fumblers hall; a saying of one who cannot get his wife with child.

Moby Thesaurus

abandoned, able, above, absolve, accessible, acquit, adrift, affranchise, afloat, afoot and lighthearted, allowed, amnesty, approachable, arbitrary, artless, as a gift, as our guest, at large, at leisure, at liberty, at loose ends, at will, autarchic, autarkic, autonomous, available, bald, bare, bighearted, bluff, blunt, bounteous, bountiful, break loose, break out, broad, brusque, candid, cast off, casual, charitable, cleanse, cleanse away, clear, clear of, cleared, communicative, complimentary, conversable, costless, cut loose, debauched, decontaminate, deliver, delivered, democratic, demonstrative, deobstruct, deserted, destigmatize, detach, detached, diffuse, direct, disburden, discharge, disclose, disclosed, discretional, discretionary, disembarrass, disembroil, disencumber, disengage, disengaged, disentangle, disenthrall, disinvolve, disjoin, dislodge, dismiss, dispense from, dispense with, disperse, dissipated, dissolute, doff, downright, ease, ease off, easy, easygoing, effusive, elective, eleemosynary, emancipate, emancipated, empty, enfranchise, enfranchised, escaped, except, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exempt from, exonerate, expansive, expenseless, explicit, expose, exposed, extra, extract, extricate, extricated, extroverted, fallow, fast, fled, floating, flown, footloose, footloose and fancy-free, for free, for love, for nothing, for the asking, forgive, forsaken, forthright, frank, frankhearted, free and easy, free as air, free for nothing, free from, free gratis, free of, free of charge, free of cost, free up, free will, free-born, free-speaking, free-spoken, free-tongued, freebie, freeborn, freed, freehanded, freehearted, freely, fugitive, furlough, gallant, gay, generous, genuine, get out, giftlike, give absolution, give dispensation from, give release, give respite, given, giving, gossipy, gracious, grant amnesty to, grant immunity, grant remission, gratis, gratuitous, gratuitously, greathearted, handsome, heart-to-heart, honest, hospitable, idle, in the clear, independent, individualistic, informal, ingenuous, intermit, jobless, justify, large, largehearted, lavish, leisure, leisured, let go, let loose, let off, let out, let up, liberal, liberate, liberated, licentious, loose, loosely, loosen, lumpen, magnanimous, manifest, manumit, munificent, naked, natural, newsy, nonmandatory, nonpros, off, off duty, off work, offered, on one, on parole, on the house, on the loose, open, open-handed, openhanded, openhearted, openly, optional, out, out of, out of employ, out of harness, out of work, outgoing, outright, outspoken, pardon, parole, patefy, permitted, plain, plain-spoken, princely, proffered, profligate, profuse, purge, purge away, quash the charge, quit, quit of, rakehell, rakehellish, rakehelly, rakish, ransom, recover, redeem, redeemed, relax, relaxed, release, released, relieve, remise, remit, remove, reprieve, rescue, rescued, retired, retrieve, reveal, rickety, rid, rid of, round, runaway, salvage, save, save the 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abandon, withdraw the charge, without, without charge, without restraint, without stint