free

not taken up by scheduled activities

“a free hour between classes”

free from obligations or duties

make (information) available for publication

completely wanting or lacking

people who are free

“the home of the free and the brave”

not literal

“a free translation of the poem”

without restraint

costing nothing

“free admission”

grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to

let off the hook

not held in servitude

“after the Civil War he was a free man”

part with a possession or right