freed

adjective freer, freest

1. 1. not under the control of some other person or some arbitrary power; able to act or think without compulsion or arbitrary restriction; having liberty; independent
   2. characterized by or resulting from liberty
2. 1. having, or existing under, a government that does not impose arbitrary restrictions on the right to speak, assemble, petition, vote, etc.; having civil and political liberty: a free people
   2. not under control of a foreign government
3. able to move in any direction; not held, as in chains, etc.; not kept from motion; loose
4. not held or confined by a court, the police, etc.; acquitted
5. not held or burdened by obligations, debts, discomforts, etc.; unhindered; unhampered: free from pain
6. at liberty; allowed: free to leave at any time
7. not confined to the usual rules or patterns; not limited by convention or tradition: free verse
8. not literal; not exact: a free translation
9. not held or confined by prejudice or bias
10. not restricted by anything except its own limitations or nature: free will
11. not busy or not in use; available for other work, use, etc.
12. readily done or made; spontaneous: a free offer
13. not constrained or stilted; easy and graceful: a free gait
14. 1. generous; liberal; lavish: a free spender
    2. profuse; copious
15. frank; straightforward
16. too frank or familiar in speech, action, etc.; forward; indecorous
17. with no charge or cost; gratis: a free ticket
18. not liable to (trade restrictions, etc.); exempt from certain impositions, as taxes or duties
19. clear of obstructions; open and unimpeded: a free road ahead
20. open to all; esp., without restrictions as to trade: a free market, free port
21. not in contact or connection; not fastened: the free end of a rope
22. not united; not combined: free oxygen
23. not opposed; favorable: said of a wind blowing from a direction more than six points from straight ahead
24. Games additional; extra: a free turn
25. Jazz designating or of improvisation unrestricted by set harmonic structure, rhythmic patterns, tempo, etc.
26. Linguis. designating a minimum form, or morpheme, that may occur alone as an independent word: in “boys,” boy is a free form, but -s is not

adverb freer, freest

1. without cost or payment
2. in a free manner; without obstruction, burden, obligation, etc.
3. Naut. with a favorable wind

transitive verb freed, freeing