free

adjective
  1. a : having the legal and political rights of a citizen

    b : not subject to government regulation

    c : not subject to restriction or official control

    d : not subject to the control or domination of another

  1. : made or done as a matter of choice and right : not compelled or restricted no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof —U.S. Constitution amend. I a free and voluntary confession

  1. : relieved from or lacking a burden (as a lien or other encumbrance on title) a buyer in ordinary course of business…takes free of a security interest created by the buyer's seller —Uniform Commercial Code

  1. : not bound, confined, or detained by force free on bail

  1. a : having no trade restrictions

    b : not subject to government regulation

    c : not subject to restriction or official control

  1. : not costing or charging anything

free

transitive verb
  1. : to cause to be free

  1. : to relieve or rid of what constrains, confines, restricts, or burdens