unbeholden
Free from obligation
Unbeholden means not indebted or obligated to anyone.
Someone who is unbeholden has no favors to repay, no strings attached to their position: She built her career independently, unbeholden to the old-boy network.
The word often appears in political contexts, suggesting freedom from corrupting influences: a candidate unbeholden to special interests.
Free from restriction
- unencumberedFree from hindrances
- unboundNot tied down
- unrestrictedHaving no limitations
- unrestrainedNot held back
unshackled · liberated · emancipated · unchained · untethered · disentangled · unimpeded · unhampered
Not required to act
- unindebtedOwing nothing to anyone
- self-governingControlling one's own affairs
- sovereignSupreme in power
- self-sufficientAble to provide independently
self-determined · autonomous · self-directed · self-reliant · nonaligned · self-standing · self-supporting · free-standing
Not required to justify
- autonomousSelf-directed and free
- ungovernedLacking control or authority
- unsupervisedWithout oversight or guidance
- uncheckedNot controlled or limited
uncontrolled · masterless · lordless · ownerless · unbossed · unconquered · undominated · self-possessed
unfettered
Free from restriction
- unencumberedFree from hindrances
- unboundNot tied down
- unrestrictedHaving no limitations
unrestrained · unshackled · liberated · emancipated · unchained · untethered · disentangled · unimpeded · unhampered · unconstrained
unobligated
Not required to act
- unindebtedOwing nothing to anyone
- self-governingControlling one's own affairs
- sovereignSupreme in power
self-sufficient · self-determined · autonomous · self-directed · self-reliant · nonaligned · self-standing · self-supporting · free-standing · unattached
unaccountable
Not required to justify
- autonomousSelf-directed and free
- ungovernedLacking control or authority
- unsupervisedWithout oversight or guidance
unchecked · uncontrolled · masterless · lordless · ownerless · unbossed · unconquered · undominated · self-possessed