free and clear
No debts remaining
Free and clear describes property or assets owned outright, without any liens, mortgages, or encumbrances.
The phrase is legal but widely understood: They paid off the house and now own it free and clear.
Both words reinforce the same idea—nothing attached, nothing owed.
- unencumberedFree from hindrances
- unobstructedHaving no barriers
- no strings attachedWithout obligations or conditions
- releasedSet free from confinement
- unrestrictedHaving no limitations
outright · open · unburdened · clean slate · paid off · full ownership · liberated · emancipated · discharged · solvent · unfettered · exempt · absolute · plain · acquittal · air · untie · clean
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free and clearmortgaged
Pledged as debt security
encumbered · leveraged · pledged · collateralized · secured
free and clearindebted
Owing thanks or money
in debt · underwater · overleveraged · burdened · obligated
free and clearencumbered
Made difficult to move
clouded · disputed · contested · tied up · restricted
free, clear, freed, freely, freedom, freeing, freer, freest, unfree