Synonyms for set free
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : free |
| Phonetic Transcription : fri |
Top 10 synonyms for set free Other synonyms for the word set free
- absolve
- abstract
- back out
- bail
- bail one out
- bail out
- bleach
- blink at
- break in
- buy freedom of
- buy out
- cast loose
- clear
- come to rescue
- commute
- conserve
- crack
- cut loose
- cut out
- defend
- defog
- deliver
- demobilize
- disassociate
- discharge
- disculpate
- disembarrass
- disengage
- disentangle
- disenthrall
- disimprison
- disjoin
- dismiss
- dispense
- disunite
- divide
- drop out
- ease
- enfranchise
- exculpate
- excuse
- exempt
- exonerate
- explain
- extricate
- find innocent
- forgive
- free
- free up
- get off the hook
- get out
- get out from under
- get out of hock
- give a break
- give off
- give out
- go easy on
- hold over
- issue
- jimmy
- keep
- launder
- leak
- let go
- let loose
- let off
- let off easy
- let off steam
- let off the hook
- let out
- let up on
- liberate
- liberated
- lifeboat
- loose
- loosen
- manumit
- obtain release of
- open the door
- open up
- opt out
- pardon
- parole
- pay for release of
- pay ransom
- pop
- preserve
- protect
- pull out of fire
- pull out of the fire
- pull the plug
- put on the street
- ransom
- recapture
- recover
- redeem
- regain
- release
- relieve
- reprieve
- reprise
- repurchase
- rescue
- retain
- retrieve
- safeguard
- salvage
- sanitize
- save
- save life of
- save one's neck
- separate
- set at large
- set free
- set loose
- spare
- spring
- surrender
- take out
- turn loose
- turn out
- unbind
- unbolt
- unbutton
- uncage
- unchain
- uncork
- uncouple
- undo
- unfasten
- unfetter
- unfix
- unhook
- unlatch
- unleash
- unloose
- unravel
- unseal
- unshackle
- unshut
- untie
- vent
- vindicate
- weasel out
- whitewash
- wink at
- wipe it off
- wipe slate clean
- wipe the slate clean
- withdraw
- write off
- yield
Définition of set free
Origin :- c.1300, from un- (1) "not" + free (adj.). Cf. Middle Dutch onvri, Old High German unfri, German unfrei, M.Da. ufri.
- As in released : adj freed
- As in liberate : verb give freedom
- As in absolve : verb free from responsibility, duty
- As in ransom : verb pay blackmail money for return of possession or person
- As in redeem : verb free; buy the freedom of
- As in release : verb let go, let out
- As in rescue : verb save from danger
- As in save : verb rescue
- As in unlock : verb open; solve
- As in parole : verb discharge
- As in manumit : verb free
- As in clear : verb liberate; free from uncertainty
- As in disengage : verb free from connection
- As in free : verb liberate, let go
- This Lucius was an auctioneer who had set free one of his slaves, Felix.
- Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
- I forget even in what words he told of Nature maddened and set free.
- Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
- Nine was bawn befo' surrender an' two after we was set free.
- Extract from : « Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States » by Various
- Set free with the simplest movements every part of the body.
- Extract from : « How to Add Ten Years to your Life and to Double Its Satisfactions » by S. S. Curry
- Then the boss would interfere, and Gillsey would be set free.
- Extract from : « Earth's Enigmas » by Charles G. D. Roberts
- I want ter be set free, but I don't want ter be set free in your way.
- Extract from : « Sue, A Little Heroine » by L. T. Meade
- The epic poem is cut loose and set free from history, and goes on a way of its own.
- Extract from : « Epic and Romance » by W. P. Ker
- I never had a hard time as a slave, but I'm glad we was set free.
- Extract from : « Slave Narratives, Oklahoma » by Various
- Set free the maiden from the sepulchre and give this dead man burial.
- Extract from : « Myths and Legends of All Nations » by Various
- The Bat assured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, and thus was set free.
- Extract from : « Aesop's Fables » by Aesop
Antonyms for set free
- abandon
- accuse
- attach
- bind
- blame
- burden
- button
- censure
- charge
- clutter
- collect
- combine
- compel
- condemn
- confine
- connect
- convict
- couple
- damn
- detain
- disregard
- employ
- endanger
- engage
- enslave
- entangle
- fasten
- find guilty
- fix
- forfeit
- gather
- give
- harm
- hire
- hit
- hold
- hold back
- hurt
- ignore
- impeach
- imperil
- imprison
- incarcerate
- incriminate
- injure
- join
- keep
- leave open
- limit
- link
- lose
- maintain
- make vulnerable
- obligate
- pile up
- prevent
- punish
- restrain
- retain
- run into
- sentence
- spend
- squander
- suppress
- throw away
- unite
- waste
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