unfetter

[ uhn-fet-er ]

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verb (used with object)

to release from fetters.
to free from restraint; liberate.

Origin of unfetter

First recorded in 1325–75, unfetter is from the Middle English word unfeteren.See un-², fetter

Words Nearby unfetter

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How to use unfetter in a sentence

Scattergood was thinking, and to think, with him, meant so to unfetter his feet that he could wriggle his toes pleasurably.
Scattergood Baines | Clarence Budington Kelland
To secure true progress, we must unfetter genius, and chain down mediocrity.
Cannibals all! | George Fitzhugh
The red sand in the glass began to fall again, and its liberation seemed to unfetter my paralysed limbs.
The Strong Arm | Robert Barr
First of his future stages, thou shalt see His trade unfetter'd and his ocean free.
The Columbiad | Joel Barlow
unfetter your thoughts from notions, prejudices and limitations.
Supreme Personality | Delmer Eugene Croft

British Dictionary definitions for unfetter

unfetter

/ (ʌnˈfɛtə) /

verb(tr)

to release from fetters, bonds, etc
to release from restraint or inhibition

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