noun
- Free transfer
- The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.
verb
- To make free; set at liberty; release.
- To rid of something that confines or oppresses.
Synonyms: befree, emancipate, let loose, liberate, manumit, release, unchain, unfetter, unshackle
adjective
- (social) Unconstrained.
- Obtainable without any payment.
- (abstract) Unconstrained.
- (physical) Unconstrained.
- Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.
- Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited.
- Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; followed by of.
- Certain or honourable; the opposite of base.
- Privileged or individual; the opposite of common.
Synonyms: free of charge, gratis, unconstrained, unfettered, unhindered, without
adverb
- Without needing to pay.
- Freely; willingly.
Synonyms: for free, for nothing
noun
- (other ballgames) a kick in which a player may kick the ball without interference from the opposition. Such a kick may be awarded for a foul by the opposition, or earned by a player such as by taking a mark.
- The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.
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