noun
                                                people who are free
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                                                                                                                                                                        free people
                                                                                                                                                            
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - the home of the free and the brave
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                grant freedom to
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                                                                                                        - free from confinement
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                relieve from
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - Rid the house of pests
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                remove or force out from a position
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                                                                                                        - 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
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
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                                                                                                        - She exempted me from the exam
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                make (information) available for publication
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - release the list with the names of the prisoners
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                free from obligations or duties
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                                                verb
                                                free or remove obstruction from
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                                                                                                        - free a path across the cluttered floor
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                let off the hook
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                                                                                                        - I absolve you from this responsibility
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                part with a possession or right
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                                                                                                        - I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest
- resign a claim to the throne
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
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                                                verb
                                                make (assets) available
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                                                                                                        - release the holdings in the dictator's bank account
 
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                not limited or hampered
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - 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
 
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - free expansion
- free oxygen
- a free electron
 
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                costing nothing
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - complimentary tickets
- free admission
 
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                not occupied or in use
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - a free locker
- a free lane
 
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                not fixed in position
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - the detached shutter fell on him
- he pulled his arm free and ran
 
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                not held in servitude
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - after the Civil War he was a free man
 
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                not taken up by scheduled activities
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                                                                                                        - a free hour between classes
- spare time on my hands
 
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                completely wanting or lacking
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                                                                                                        - writing barren of insight
- young recruits destitute of experience
- innocent of literary merit
- the sentence was devoid of meaning
 
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                not literal
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                                                                                                        - a loose interpretation of what she had been told
- a free translation of the poem
 
                                                                                        
                                                adverb
                                                without restraint
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - cows in India are running loose