free

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”

unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion

• “free expansion”
• “free oxygen”
• “a free electron”

costing nothing

• “complimentary tickets”

not occupied or in use

• “a free locker”
• “a free lane”

not fixed in position

• “the detached shutter fell on him”
• “he pulled his arm free and ran”

not held in servitude

• “after the Civil War he was a free man”

not taken up by scheduled activities

• “a free hour between classes”
• “spare time on my hands”

not literal

• “a loose interpretation of what she had been told”
• “a free translation of the poem”

grant freedom to; free from confinement

relieve from

• “Rid the the house of pests”

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”

grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to

• “She exempted me from the exam”

make (information) available publication

• “release the list with the names of the prisoners”

free from obligations or duties

free or remove obstruction from

• “free a path across the cluttered floor”

let off the hook

• “I absolve you from this responsibility”

part with a possession or right

• “I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest”
• “resign a claim to the throne”

make (assets) available

• “release the holdings in the dictator”

people who are free

• “the home of the free and the brave”

without restraint

• “cows in India are running loose”