disenthrall

dis·en·thrall

verb \ˌdis-in-ˈthrȯl\

Definition of DISENTHRALL

transitive verb

: to free from bondage : liberate

Variants of DISENTHRALL

dis·en·thrall also dis·en·thral \ˌdis-in-ˈthrȯl\

Examples of DISENTHRALL

1. <we must disenthrall ourselves from time-honored ways of doing things, or we will never progress as a society>

First Known Use of DISENTHRALL

1643

Related to DISENTHRALL

Synonyms: discharge, free (also disenthral), emancipate, enfranchise, enlarge, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, release, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter

Antonyms: bind, confine, enchain, fetter, restrain

Related Words: bail (out), deliver, parole, ransom, redeem, rescue, save; adrift, disembarrass, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, extricate; unshackle

Near Antonyms: handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammel; commit, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, lock (up); conquer, enslave, subdue, subjugate

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Rhymes with DISENTHRALL

above all, aerosol, after all, alcohol, all in all, altar call, barbital, basketball, body wall, borough hall, buckyball, butanol, butterball, buttonball, cannonball, carryall, caterwaul, cattle call, Chinese wall, city hall, climbing wall, conference call, cortisol, cover-all, coverall, crystal ball, curtain call, Demerol, Donegal, entresol, ethanol, evenfall, free-for-all, gasohol, girasole, gopher ball, Grand Guignol, haute école, hiring hall, judgment call, know-it-all, knuckleball, Komsomol, matzo ball, Mendenhall, methanol, music hall, Montreal, Nembutal, off-the-wall, overall, overcall, overhaul, paddleball, parasol, party wall, Pentothal, preinstall, protocol, racquetball, Seconal, Senegal, shopping mall, study hall, tattersall, tetherball, therewithal, timolol, uninstall, urban sprawl, volleyball, wailing wall, wake-up call, wall-to-wall, warts-and-all, waterfall, wherewithal