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free [a]

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"

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at_large at_liberty autonomous available atrip clear discharged disentangled emancipated loose out-of-school unconfined free_of unrestricted independent unbound unconfined unrestrained unrestricted freedom unfree footloose

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"

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3)	costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"

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complimentary costless gratis gratuitous

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unpaid

4)	not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane"

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unoccupied

5)	not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran"

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detached

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unfixed

6)	not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free man"

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emancipated freeborn free-soil slave

7)	not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands"

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spare

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unoccupied

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

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liberal loose

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inexact

free [r]

1)	without restraint; "cows in India are running loose"

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loose

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loose

free [n]

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

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free_people

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people

free [v]

1)	grant freedom to; free from confinement

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liberate loose release unloose unloosen

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freeing liberty liberator confine unspell unchain bail run bail_out parole

2)	relieve from; "Rid the the house of pests"

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disembarrass rid

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disembarrassment elimination eliminate cleanse relieve smooth clear disinfest disembody

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"

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dislodge

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remove deposit

4)	grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"

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exempt relieve

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exemption apply derestrict deregulate dispense forgive spare

5)	make (information) available publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners"

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release

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issue release declassify

6)	free from obligations or duties

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discharge

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discharge freeing disinvest relieve cut clear cashier liberate disembroil

7)	free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor"

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disengage

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block dig_out unclog loosen_up disencumber

8)	let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"

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absolve justify

9)	part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"

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give_up release relinquish resign

10)

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

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release unblock unfreeze

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issue block

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

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