Antonyms for fettered

Grammar : Verb

Spell : fet-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛt ər

Definition of fettered

Origin : c.1300, from Old English gefetrian (see fetter (n.)). Related: Fettered; fettering.

verb tie up, hold

Example sentences :

They would not allow him to resist, but fettered him and led his spirit away.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

In this spirit, he was fettered with great care, and conveyed into the interior of the prison.
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

Here again our legislation is fettered by ignorance and religious dogma.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

Under the earth the fettered men—on the ruins of the church the singing bird.
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

And shall we crouch above these graves,With craven soul and fettered lip?
Extract from : « The Liberty Minstrel » by George W. Clark

Do you see how he has misused me; has fettered me to the sick-bed?
Extract from : « The Home » by Fredrika Bremer

I will help him throw off the shackles with which conscienceless capitalism has fettered him.
Extract from : « The Mask » by Arthur Hornblow

His face changed, as it will with fear, and he dragged his feet, as though they were fettered.
Extract from : « The Sayings Of Confucius » by Confucius

He was confused in his gait, almost as if his lower limbs had been fettered, too.
Extract from : « The Escape of Mr. Trimm » by Irvin S. Cobb

In their mode of dealing with him they were fettered by no rules.
Extract from : « The History of England from the Accession of James II. » by Thomas Babington Macaulay

Synonyms for fettered

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