Binding
Binding adjective - Executed with proper legal authority.
Free
Free adjective - Not being under the rule or control of another.
Both words in one sentence
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Harry, having perfectly heard the Name, then uses his own magic to free the demon from its enslavement without binding it to his own will.
Source: Speak of the Devil - He notes, however, that had it worked this would be a very powerful binding charm since he would have entered of his own free will.
Source: Tricking the Shapeshifter - Giving Them the Strip: Ali wriggles free of the royalist Selenites' sticky binding-secretions, although he has to leave some of his outer clothing behind.
Source: Literature / Dream Park
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