1. Having legal and political rights; enjoying political and civil liberty (a free citizen) (a free populace).
2. Not subject to the constraint or domination of another; enjoying personal freedom; emancipated (a free person).
3. Characterized by choice, rather than by compulsion or constraint (free will).
4. Unburdened (the land was free of any encumbrances).
5. Not confined by force or restraint (free from prison).
6. Unrestricted and unregulated (free trade).
7. Costing nothing; gratuitous ( free tickets to the game). — freely, adv.
free, vb.
1. To liberate.
2. To remove (a person or animal) from a constraint or burden.
