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| n. (group) | 1. free, free people | people who are free.; "the home of the free and the brave" |
| ~ people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively.; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" |
| v. (social) | 2. free, liberate, loose, release, unloose, unloosen | grant freedom to; free from confinement. |
| ~ unspell | release from a spell. |
| ~ unchain | make free. |
| ~ bail | release after a security has been paid. |
| ~ run | set animals loose to graze. |
| ~ bail out | free on bail. |
| ~ parole | release a criminal from detention and place him on parole.; "The prisoner was paroled after serving 10 years in prison" |
| v. (possession) | 3. disembarrass, free, rid | relieve from.; "Rid the house of pests" |
| ~ cleanse | purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins.; "Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins" |
| ~ relieve | free from a burden, evil, or distress. |
| ~ smooth out, smooth | free from obstructions.; "smooth the way towards peace negotiations" |
| ~ clear | clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc..; "clear the water before it can be drunk" |
| ~ disinfest | rid of vermin.; "The exterminator disinfests the house" |
| ~ disembody | free from a body or physical form or reality. |
| v. (contact) | 4. dislodge, free | 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" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| v. (social) | 5. exempt, free, relieve | grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to.; "She exempted me from the exam" |
| ~ derestrict | make free from restrictions. |
| ~ deregulate | lift the regulations on. |
| ~ dispense | grant a dispensation; grant an exemption.; "I was dispensed from this terrible task" |
| ~ forgive | absolve from payment.; "I forgive you your debt" |
| ~ spare | save or relieve from an experience or action.; "I'll spare you from having to apologize formally" |
| v. (social) | 6. free, release | make (information) available for publication.; "release the list with the names of the prisoners" |
| ~ issue, supply | circulate or distribute or equip with.; "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds" |
| ~ declassify | lift the restriction on and make available again.; "reclassify the documents" |
| v. (social) | 7. discharge, free | free from obligations or duties. |
| ~ disinvest, divest | deprive of status or authority.; "he was divested of his rights and his title"; "They disinvested themselves of their rights" |
| ~ relieve, take over | free someone temporarily from his or her obligations. |
| ~ cut | discharge from a group.; "The coach cut two players from the team" |
| ~ clear | free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment.; "Clear the ship and let it dock" |
| ~ cashier | discharge with dishonor, as in the army. |
| ~ set free, liberate | grant freedom to.; "The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university" |
| ~ disembroil, disinvolve, disentangle | free from involvement or entanglement.; "How can I disentangle myself from her personal affairs?" |
| v. (contact) | 8. disengage, free | free or remove obstruction from.; "free a path across the cluttered floor" |
| ~ dig out | dig out from underneath earth or snow. |
| ~ unclog | become or cause to become unobstructed.; "The chemical that we poured down the drain unclogged it" |
| ~ loosen up, unstuff | cause to become unblocked.; "The medicine unstuffed my nose in minutes!" |
| ~ disencumber, disentangle, extricate, untangle | release from entanglement of difficulty.; "I cannot extricate myself from this task" |
| v. (communication) | 9. absolve, free, justify | let off the hook.; "I absolve you from this responsibility" |
| ~ let off, excuse, exempt, relieve | grant exemption or release to.; "Please excuse me from this class" |
| ~ wash one's hands | to absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame.; "I wash my hands of this" |
| ~ forgive | stop blaming or grant forgiveness.; "I forgave him his infidelity"; "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday" |
| v. (possession) | 10. free, give up, release, relinquish, resign | part with a possession or right.; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" |
| ~ hand, pass on, turn over, pass, reach, give | place into the hands or custody of.; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" |
| ~ derequisition | release from government control. |
| ~ sacrifice, give | endure the loss of.; "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war" |
| v. (creation) | 11. free, liberate, release | release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition. |
| ~ chemical science, chemistry | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions. |
| ~ bring forth, generate | bring into existence.; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"; "The computer generated this image"; "The earthquake generated a tsunami" |
| v. (change) | 12. free, release, unblock, unfreeze | make (assets) available.; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account" |
| ~ issue, supply | circulate or distribute or equip with.; "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds" |
| adj. | 13. 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" |
| ~ unbound | not restrained or tied down by bonds. |
| ~ unconfined | not confined. |
| ~ independent | free from external control and constraint.; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism" |
| ~ at large, escaped, on the loose, loose | having escaped, especially from confinement.; "a convict still at large"; "searching for two escaped prisoners"; "dogs loose on the streets"; "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood" |
| ~ autonomous, self-governing, sovereign, independent | (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces.; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state" |
| ~ available, uncommitted | not busy; not otherwise committed.; "he was not available for comment"; "he was available and willing to accompany her" |
| ~ atrip, aweigh | (of an anchor) just clear of the bottom. |
| ~ clear | free from contact or proximity or connection.; "we were clear of the danger"; "the ship was clear of the reef" |
| ~ emancipated, liberated | free from traditional social restraints.; "an emancipated young woman pursuing her career"; "a liberated lifestyle" |
| ~ footloose | free to go or do as one pleases.; "Americans have always been a footloose people always moving on"; "a footloose young man eager to see the big city" |
| ~ out-of-school | not attending school and therefore free to work.; "opportunities for out-of-school youth" |
| ~ unimprisoned, unconfined | free from confinement or physical restraint. |
| ~ unconstrained | free from constraint.; "he was unconstrained by any of the sanctions of polite society"; "the dog was unconstrained"; "idle, unconstrained gossip" |
| ~ unhampered | not held in check or subject to control.; "unhampered dissemination of news"; "this would give black people the opportunity to live unhampered by racism" |
| ~ unrestricted | free of restrictions on conduct.; "I had unrestricted access" |
| ~ free | not held in servitude.; "after the Civil War he was a free man" |
| ~ unrestrained | not subject to restraint.; "unrestrained laughter" |
| ~ unrestricted | not subject to or subjected to restriction. |
| adj. | 14. free | unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion.; "free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron" |
| ~ chemical science, chemistry | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions. |
| ~ natural philosophy, physics | the science of matter and energy and their interactions.; "his favorite subject was physics" |
| ~ liberated | (of a gas e.g.) released from chemical combination. |
| ~ unbound | not held in chemical or physical combination. |
| adj. | 15. complimentary, costless, free, gratis, gratuitous | costing nothing.; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission" |
| ~ unpaid | not paid.; "unpaid wages"; "an unpaid bill" |
| adj. | 16. free | not occupied or in use.; "a free locker"; "a free lane" |
| ~ unoccupied | not held or filled or in use.; "an unoccupied telephone booth"; "unoccupied hours" |
| adj. | 17. detached, free | not fixed in position.; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran" |
| ~ unfixed | not firmly placed or set or fastened. |
| adj. | 18. free | not held in servitude.; "after the Civil War he was a free man" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ freeborn | born free of free parents. |
| ~ free-soil, non-slave, slaveless | where slavery was prohibited.; "a free-soil state" |
| adj. | 19. free, spare | not taken up by scheduled activities.; "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands" |
| ~ unoccupied | not held or filled or in use.; "an unoccupied telephone booth"; "unoccupied hours" |
| adj. | 20. barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent | completely wanting or lacking.; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning" |
| ~ nonexistent | not having existence or being or actuality.; "chimeras are nonexistent" |
| adj. | 21. free, liberal, loose | not literal.; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem" |
| ~ inexact | not exact. |
| adv. | 22. free, loose | without restraint.; "cows in India are running loose" |
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