Free
Free adjective - Not being under the rule or control of another.
Sworn to
Both terms in one sentence
- The Fourth Realm by John Twelve Hawks: The Harlequins are sworn to protect the titular Travelers from a totalitarian shadow government which seeks to eliminate liberty and free choice.
Source: Confusion Fu - Hanharr's backstory involves murdering his own clan to spare them becoming slaves, and he's enough of a Death Seeker that he's warped his life debt into a passionate desire to kill the person it was sworn to so he can finally be free to die.
- While it initially manages to make him smack around Oz, his best friend/master whom he's sworn to protect, Oz correctly reasons that Gil would never be able to kill him, and literally forces Gil's hand - which causes Gil to break free of the strings long enough to gun down the controller.
Source: Intrinsic Vow
Cite this Source
Sworn to and Free. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/free/sworn_to
Free & Sworn to. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/free/sworn_to>.
Sworn to or Free. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/free/sworn_to.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "free" and "sworn to" have occurred on timeline