Free

a. Being at liberty; not being under necessity or restraint, physical or moral; a word of general application to the body and the will or mind. In government, not enslaved; not in a state of vassalage or dependence; subject only to fixed laws, made by consent, and to the regular administration of such laws; not the subject to the arbitrary will of a sovereign or lord; as a free nation or people.

v.To remove from a thing any encumbrance or obstruction; to disengage from; to rid; to strip; to clear; to set at liberty; to rescue or release from slavery, captivity or confinement. To loosen.