without restraint: freely, copiously; without restriction.

The action or an act of ranging or moving about (now rare); (Scottish) a walk, a stroll. Also in extended use.

in check: under restriction of freedom of movement or action, under control. So formerly at one's check, out of check.

At liberty, free from restraint or control. Obsolete.

A state or condition of looseness, laxity, or unrestraint; hence, free indulgence; unrestrained action or feeling; abandonment. Chiefly in at (aor…

absol. in phrases. on (or †upon) the loose: (a) (behaving) in an unrestrained or dissolute fashion; ‘on the spree’; (b) of women: living by…