unfetter

un·fet·ter

verb \-ˈfe-tər\

Definition of UNFETTER

transitive verb

1

: to free from fetters <unfetter a prisoner>

2

: emancipate, liberate <unfetter the mind from prejudice>

Examples of UNFETTER

1. <authorities eventually unfettered the menagerie of wild animals that had been kept illegally as pets>

First Known Use of UNFETTER

14th century

Related to UNFETTER

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

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 UNFETTER

abettor, air letter, bed wetter, begetter, black letter, block letter, bonesetter, chain letter, day letter, dead letter, enfetter, fan letter, forgetter, four-letter, gillnetter, go-getter, jet-setter, Ledbetter, newsletter, night letter, pacesetter, pinsetter, red-letter, regretter, trendsetter, typesetter, upsetter, vignetter