From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Free \Free\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Freed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Freeing}.] [OE. freen, freoien, AS. fre['o]gan. See {Free}, a.]
1. To make free; to set at liberty; to rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, oppresses, etc.; to release; to disengage; to clear; -- followed by from, and sometimes by off; as, to free a captive or a slave; to be freed of these inconveniences. --Clarendon.
Our land is from the rage of tigers freed. --Dryden.
Arise, . . . free thy people from their yoke. --Milton.
2. To remove, as something that confines or bars; to relieve from the constraint of.
This master key Frees every lock, and leads us to his person. --Dryden.
3. To frank. [Obs.] --Johnson.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: freed from bondage [syn: {emancipated}, {liberated}]
2: having become freed from entanglement; disengaged [syn: {disentangled}, {extricated}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "freed": afoot and lighthearted, at large, at liberty, clear, delivered, detached, disengaged, easygoing, emancipated, extricated, footloose, footloose and fancy-free, free, free and easy, free as air, freeborn, go-as-you-please, in the clear, liberated, loose, on parole, on the loose, redeemed, released, rescued, scot-free, unattached, unbound, uncommitted, unengaged, uninvolved, unshackled, untied
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