FREE MEANING IN FRENCH

Definition & Synonyms

• Free

1. (superl.) Not gained by importunity or purchase; gratuitous; spontaneous; as, free admission; a free gift.
2. (adv.) Freely; willingly.
3. (superl.) Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; -- used in a bad sense.
4. (superl.) Not under an arbitrary or despotic government; subject only to fixed laws regularly and fairly administered, and defended by them from encroachments upon natural or acquired rights; enjoying political liberty.
5. (superl.) Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved; ingenuous; frank; familiar; communicative.
6. (a.) To make free; to set at liberty; to rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, oppresses, etc.; to release; to disengage; to clear; -- followed by from, and sometimes by off; as, to free a captive or a slave; to be freed of these inconveniences.
7. (superl.) Exempt; clear; released; liberated; not encumbered or troubled with; as, free from pain; free from a burden; -- followed by from, or, rarely, by of.
8. (a.) To remove, as something that confines or bars; to relieve from the constraint of.
9. (superl.) Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending individual rights against encroachment by any person or class; instituted by a free people; -- said of a government, institutions, etc.
10. (superl.) Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited; as, a free horse.
11. (superl.) Characteristic of one acting without restraint; charming; easy.
12. (superl.) Not subjected to the laws of physical necessity; capable of voluntary activity; endowed with moral liberty; -- said of the will.
13. (superl.) Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow ones own impulses, desires, or inclinations; determining ones own course of action; not dependent; at liberty.
14. (superl.) Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed, engrossed, or appropriated; open; -- said of a thing to be possessed or enjoyed; as, a free school.
15. (superl.) Not united or combined with anything else; separated; dissevered; unattached; at liberty to escape; as, free carbonic acid gas; free cells.
16. (superl.) Clear of offense or crime; guiltless; innocent.
17. (adv.) Without charge; as, children admitted free.
18. (superl.) Liberated, by arriving at a certain age, from the control of parents, guardian, or master.
19. (superl.) Certain or honorable; the opposite of base; as, free service; free socage.
20. (superl.) Not close or parsimonious; liberal; open-handed; lavish; as, free with his money.
21. (superl.) Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; -- followed by of.
22. (superl.) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common; as, a free fishery; a free warren.
23. (superl.) Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go.
24. (a.) To frank.

Synonyms:
Absolve, Complimentary, Costless, Detached, Discharge, Disembarrass, Disengage, Dislodge, Exempt, Gratis, Gratuitous, Justify, Liberal, Liberate, Loose, Release, Relieve, Relinquish, Resign, Rid, Spare, Unfreeze, Unloose, Unloosen,

• Free coinage

1. () In the fullest sense, the conversion of bullion (of any specified metal) into legal-tender coins for any person who chooses to bring it to the mint; in a modified sense, such coinage when done at a fixed charge proportionate to the cost of the operation.

• Free silver

1. () The free coinage of silver; often, specif., the free coinage of silver at a fixed ratio with gold, as at the ratio of 16 to 1, which ratio for some time represented nearly or exactly the ratio of the market values of gold and silver respectively.