free

people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave"

grant freedom to; free from confinement

relieve from; "Rid 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 for 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"

release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition

make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"

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"; "free admission"

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"

completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning"

not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"

without restraint; "cows in India are running loose"