Free and Hobbled

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Free adjective - No longer burdened with something unpleasant or painful.

Usage example: after our son arrived home safely, we were grateful to be free from worry

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Hobbled is an antonym for free.

Nearby Words: freely, freed

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Free is an antonym for hobbled in topics: limp, cripple.

Nearby Words: hobble, hobbling

Murat defends himself to Laurence by asking, quite justly, how anyone could look at the starving, hobbled beasts and not want to free them on the spot.

Source: Literature / Temeraire

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