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

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

v. let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"

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. relieve from; "Rid the house of pests"

v. grant freedom to; free from confinement

v. free from obligations or duties

v. make (information) available for publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners"

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

adv. without restraint; "cows in India are running loose"

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

adj. unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; "free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron"

adj. 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"

adj. not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free man"

adj. (uncombined)

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

adj. not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane"

adj. costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission"

adj. acting on one's own initiative; "man is a voluntary agent"

adj. (of a cargo shipment) the seller pays all costs up to but not including the loading of the cargo; the buyer pays all other costs