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(a) 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"
(a) unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; "free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron"
(a) not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free man"
(n) people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave"
(r) without restraint; "cows in India are running loose"
(s) costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"
(s) not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane"
(s) not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran"
(s) not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands"
(s) not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"
(v) grant freedom to; free from confinement
(v) relieve from; "Rid the the house of pests"
(v) 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"
(v) grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"
(v) make (information) available publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners"
(v) free from obligations or duties
(v) free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor"
(v) let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
(v) part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
(v) make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator''s bank account"

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