make free of; give the freedom of, give the franchise; enfranchise,
affranchise[obs3].
     laisser faire[Fr], laisser aller[Fr]; live and let live; leave to
oneself; leave alone, let alone. 
     Adj. free, free as air; out of harness, independent, at large, loose,
scot-free; left alone, left to oneself.
     in full swing; uncaught, unconstrained, unbuttoned, unconfined,
unrestrained, unchecked, unprevented[obs3], unhindered, unobstructed, unbound, uncontrolled, untrammeled.
     unsubject[obs3], ungoverned, unenslaved[obs3], unenthralled[obs3],
unchained, unshackled, unfettered, unreined[obs3], unbridled, uncurbed, unmuzzled.
     unrestricted, unlimited, unmitigated, unconditional; absolute;
discretionary &c. (optional) 600.
     unassailed, unforced, uncompelled.
     unbiassed[obs3], spontaneous.
     free and easy; at ease, at one’s ease; degage[Fr], quite at home;
wanton, rampant, irrepressible, unvanquished[obs3].
     exempt; freed &c. 750; freeborn; autonomous, freehold, allodial[obs3];
gratis &c. 815; eleutherian[obs3].
     unclaimed, going a begging. 
     Adv. freely &c. adj.; ad libitum &c. (at will) 600. 
     Phr. ubi libertas ibi patria[Lat]; free white and twenty-one.

     #749.  Subjection.—­ N. subjection; dependence, dependency;
subordination; thrall, thralldom, thraldom, enthrallment, subjugation, bondage, serfdom; feudalism, feudality[obs3]; vassalage, villenage; slavery, enslavement, involuntary servitude; conquest.
     service; servitude, servitorship[obs3]; tendence[obs3], employ,
tutelage, clientship[obs3]; liability &c. 177; constraint &c.751; oppression &c. (severity) 739; yoke &c. (means of restraint) 752; submission &c. 725; obedience &c. 743. 
     V. be subject &c. adj.; be at the mercy of, lie at the mercy of;
depend upon, lean upon, hang upon; fall a prey to, fall under; play second fiddle.
     be a mere machine, be a puppet, be a football; not dare to say one’s
soul is his own; drag a chain.
     serve &c. 746; obey &c. 743; submit &c. 725.
     break in, tame; subject, subjugate; master &c. 731; tread down, tread
under foot; weigh down; drag at one’s chariot wheels; reduce to subjection, reduce to slavery; enthrall, inthrall[obs3], bethrall[obs3]; enslave, lead captive; take into custody &c. (restrain) 751; rule &c. 737; drive into a corner, hold at the sword’s point; keep under; hold in bondage, hold in leading strings, hold in swaddling clothes. 
     Adj. subject, dependent, subordinate; feudal, feudatory; in subjection
to, under control; in leading strings, in harness; subjected, enslaved &c. v.; constrained &c. 751; downtrodden; overborne, overwhelmed; under the lash, on the hip, led by the nose, henpecked; the puppet of, the sport of, the plaything of; under one’s orders, under one’s command, under one’s thumb; a slave to; at the mercy of; in the power of, in the hands of, in the clutches of; at the feet of; at one’s beck and call &c. (obedient) 743; liable &c. 177; parasitical; stipendiary. 
     Adv. under. 
     Phr. “slaves — in a land of light and law” [Whittier].