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▸ adjective: Not imprisoned or enslaved.
▸ adjective: Generous; liberal.
▸ adjective: (obsolete) Clear of offence or crime; guiltless; innocent.
▸ adjective: Without obligations.
▸ adjective: To be enjoyed by anyone freely.
▸ adjective: (of a government, country) Upholding individual rights.
▸ adjective: (software) With no or only freedom-preserving limitations on distribution or modification.
▸ adjective: (software) Intended for release, as opposed to a checked version.
▸ adjective: Obtainable without any payment.
▸ adjective: (by extension, chiefly used in advertising) Complimentary.
▸ adjective: (abstract) Unconstrained.
▸ adjective: (algebra, of an algebraic structure) In any of various technical senses generic, universal.
▸ adjective: (most generally, category theory, of an object F in a concrete category, with respect to a set X and a map i from X to the underlying set of F) Such that any map f from X to the underlying set of an object A in the same category as F induces a map ̄f from F to A which is compatible with f (i.e. such that f=̄f∘i).
▸ adjective: (group theory, of a group) Having a set of generators which satisfy no non-trivial relations; equivalently, being the group of reduced words on a set of generators.
▸ adjective: (commutative algebra, of a module) Having a linearly independent set of generators (called a basis).
▸ adjective: (logic, of a variable) Unconstrained by quantifiers.
▸ adjective: (programming) Unconstrained of identifiers, not bound.
▸ adjective: (linguistics) (of a morpheme) That can be used by itself, unattached to another morpheme.
▸ adjective: (physical) Unconstrained.
▸ adjective: Unobstructed, without blockages.
▸ adjective: Unattached or uncombined.
▸ adjective: Not currently in use; not taken; unoccupied.
▸ adjective: (botany, mycology) Not attached; loose.
▸ adjective: (military) Of a rocket or missile: not under the control of a guidance system after being launched.
▸ adjective: Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.
▸ adjective: (dated) Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited.
▸ adjective: (dated) Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; followed by of.
▸ adjective: (UK, law, obsolete) Certain or honourable; the opposite of base.
▸ adjective: (law) Privileged or individual; proprietary.
▸ adverb: Without needing to pay.
▸ adverb: (obsolete) Freely; willingly.
▸ verb: (transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release.
▸ verb: (transitive) To rid of something that confines or oppresses. [with from]
▸ verb: (transitive, programming) To relinquish (previously allocated memory) to the system.
▸ noun: (soccer) A free transfer.
▸ noun: (hurling) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Parish Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana, United States.
▸ noun: (Australian rules football, Gaelic football) Abbreviation of free kick. [(American football, soccer, Australian rules football, rugby, other ballgames) a kick in which a player may kick the ball without interference from the opposition. Such a kick may be awarded for a foul by the opposition, or earned by a player such as by taking a mark.]
▸ noun: (swimming, informal) Abbreviation of freestyle. [(sports) A sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.]
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unconfined,
unrestricted,
unoccupied,
unpaid,
unfettered,
unbound,
unchained,
unfixed,
uncommitted,
unimprisoned,
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