Antonyms for unfetter
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uhn-fet-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈfɛt ər |
Definition of unfetter
Origin :- mid-14c., from un- (2) "opposite of" + fetter (v.). The figurative sense is recorded from late 14c. Related: Unfettered; unfettering.
- As in ransom : verb pay blackmail money for return of possession or person
- As in redeem : verb free; buy the freedom of
- As in release : verb let go, let out
- As in manumit : verb free
- As in emancipate : verb set free
- As in free : verb liberate, let go
- Unfetter your thoughts from notions, prejudices and limitations.
- Extract from : « Supreme Personality » by Delmer Eugene Croft
- The red sand in the glass began to fall again, and its liberation seemed to unfetter my paralysed limbs.
- Extract from : « The Strong Arm » by Robert Barr
- Scattergood was thinking, and to think, with him, meant so to unfetter his feet that he could wriggle his toes pleasurably.
- Extract from : « Scattergood Baines » by Clarence Budington Kelland
- To secure true progress, we must unfetter genius, and chain down mediocrity.
- Extract from : « Cannibals all! » by George Fitzhugh
Synonyms for unfetter
- absolve
- acquit
- affranchise
- bail
- bail out
- buy freedom of
- buy out
- cast loose
- clear
- commute
- cut loose
- deliver
- demobilize
- discharge
- disencumber
- disengage
- disenthral
- disenthrall
- disimprison
- dismiss
- dispense
- drop
- emancipate
- enfranchise
- exculpate
- excuse
- exempt
- exonerate
- extricate
- free
- give off
- give out
- go easy on
- issue
- leak
- let loose
- let off
- let off steam
- let off the hook
- let out
- let up on
- liberate
- loose
- loosen
- manumit
- obtain release of
- open up
- pardon
- parole
- pay for release of
- pay ransom
- put on the street
- ransom
- recover
- redeem
- regain
- release
- relieve
- reprieve
- reprise
- repurchase
- rescue
- save
- set at large
- set free
- set loose
- spring
- surrender
- take out
- turn loose
- turn out
- unbind
- uncage
- unchain
- undo
- unfasten
- unfetter
- unfix
- unleash
- unloose
- unshackle
- untie
- vent
- wipe slate clean
- yield
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