Frees from French a daughter in specs (7)

I believe the answer is:

unbinds

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'frees from french' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with contact as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'a daughter in specs' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'daughter' could be 'd' (genealogical abbreviation) and 'd' is found within the answer.
'in' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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