freed
No longer captive
Freed is the past tense and past participle of free.
Someone who has been freed was released from confinement, bondage, or restriction: The hostages were freed after three days.
Things can also be freed—resources, time, space: Canceling the meeting freed up my afternoon.
Released from confinement
- unchainedFreed from restraints
- unshackledReleased from restraints
- unfetteredFree from restriction
- unboundNot tied down
loosened · unleashed · untied · unlocked · discharged · acquitted · exonerated · pardoned
Release from constraint
- abolitionFormal discontinuation of practice
- manumissionFormal freeing of enslaved
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
independence · autonomy · sovereignty · civil rights · human rights · equality · suffrage · citizenship
Limitations on action
- limitationsImposed or inherent bounds
- obligationsRequired responsibilities
- inhibitionsMental barriers limiting behavior
- bondsTies that unite
chains · shackles · fetters · captivity · confinement · imprisonment · bondage · oppression
liberated
Released from confinement
- unchainedFreed from restraints
- unshackledReleased from restraints
- unfetteredFree from restriction
unbound · loosened · unleashed · untied · unlocked · discharged · acquitted · exonerated · pardoned · absolved
liberation
Release from constraint
- abolitionFormal discontinuation of practice
- manumissionFormal freeing of enslaved
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
self-determination · independence · autonomy · sovereignty · civil rights · human rights · equality · suffrage · citizenship · democracy
restrictions
Limitations on action
- limitationsImposed or inherent bounds
- obligationsRequired responsibilities
- inhibitionsMental barriers limiting behavior
bonds · chains · shackles · fetters · captivity · confinement · imprisonment · bondage · oppression · tyranny
- freeliberated, released, unchained, unshackled, unbound
- redemptionredemption arc, redeemed, forgiven, saved, moral redemption
- took apartdismantled, disassembled, unscrewed, unbolted, deconstructed
- disappearedvanished, disappeared, gone, vanish, faded
- fastening statesfastened, unfastened, locked, unlocked, latched
- verdictsguilty verdict, guilty, not guilty, acquitted, innocent
freedimprisoned
Held in custody
jailed · incarcerated · confined · caged · locked up
free, freedom, freeing, freely, frees, freer, freebie, freest, freeloader