Being at liberty; not being under necessity or restraint, physical or moral; a word of general application to the body, the will or mind, and to corporations.

In government, not enslaved; not in a state of vassalage or dependence; subject only to fixed laws, made by consent, and to a regular administration of such laws; not subject to the arbitrary will of a sovereign or lord; as a free state, nation or people.

Instituted by a free people, or by consent or choice of those who are to be subjects, and securing private rights and privileges by fixed laws and principles; not arbitrary or despotic; as a free constitution or government. There can be no free government without a democratical branch in the constitution.

Not imprisoned, confined or under arrest; as, the prisoner is set free.

Unconstrained; unrestrained; not under compulsion or control. A man is free to pursue his own choice; he enjoys free will.

Permitted; allowed; open; not appropriated; as, places of honor and confidence are free to all; we seldom hear of a commerce perfectly free.

Not obstructed; as, the water has a free passage or channel; the house is open to a free current of air.

Licentious; unrestrained. The reviewer is very free in his censures./ .

Open; candid; frank; ingenuous; unreserved; as, we had a free conversation together. Will you be free and candid to your friend?

Liberal in expenses; not parsimonious; as a free purse; a man is free to give to all useful institutions.

Gratuitous; not gained by importunity or purchase. He made him a free offer of his services. It is a free gift. The salvation of men is of free grace.

Clear of crime or offense; guiltless; innocent. My hands are guilty, but my heart is free.

Not having feeling or suffering; clear; exempt; with from; as free from pain or disease; free from remorse.

Not encumbered with; as free from a burden.

Open to all, without restriction or without expense; as a free school.

Invested with franchises; enjoying certain immunities; with of; as a man free of the city of London.

Possessing without vassalage or slavish conditions; as free of his farm.

Liberated from the government or control of parents, or of a guardian or master. A son or an apprentice, when of age, is free.

Ready; eager; not dull; acting without spurring or shipping; as a free horse.

Genteel; charming.