abolitionism |
a movement in the United States in the 1800s whose goal was to free the people who were slaves and make slavery against the law. |
absolute |
free of restrictions or limits. [3/7 definitions] |
absolve |
to free from consequences, blame, or guilt. [1/3 definitions] |
accurate |
free of mistakes; correct. |
acquit |
to free from a charge of breaking the law; declare not guilty. |
all right |
unharmed or undamaged, or free of the risk of harm or damage; safe. [1/5 definitions] |
alright |
all right; unharmed or undamaged, or free of the risk of harm or damage. [1/4 definitions] |
amiable |
characterized by or showing a friendly disposition; free of ill will; congenial. |
anaerobic |
able to live or act in the absence of free oxygen. [1/2 definitions] |
anastigmatic |
free from astigmatism; esp. of compound lenses, being such that each part of the lens corrects the astigmatism in the other part. |
artless |
free of deceit and cunning; guileless. [1/3 definitions] |
asepsis |
the condition of being free of microorganisms that cause disease or decay. [2 definitions] |
aseptic |
free of bacteria or germs that cause disease or decay. [1/3 definitions] |
ataractic |
free from anxiety or other emotional strain, esp. as a result of taking a drug; calm; tranquil. |
at leisure |
having free or spare time; not working or otherwise occupied. |
at liberty |
free from being confined. [1/2 definitions] |
autonomous |
free and independent, as a state or an organism; self-governing. |
autonomy |
a group or state that is free, independent, and self-governing. [1/2 definitions] |
bail1 |
money left with a court to make sure that a person who is set free after arrest will return for trial. [1/3 definitions] |
bankrupt |
not able to pay money owed and free by law from having to pay. [1/2 definitions] |
barnacle |
any of a large group of marine crustaceans that are free-floating as larvae, but attach to submerged or intertidal surfaces such as wharves, rocks, ship bottoms, and the like, and form sharp-edged shells as adults. [1/3 definitions] |