FETTERING Synonyms: 117 Similar and Opposite Words

fettering

verb

present participle of fetter

as in binding

to confine or restrain with or as if with chains museum artifacts that serve as somber reminders of the days when slaves were fettered with irons

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as in impeding

to create difficulty for the work or activity of the belief that too many rules and restrictions fetter children's creativity

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Verb

The decision is binding in the Fifth Circuit (Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas) while related cases remain pending in other circuits.

— Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
The film initially touched on the 1993 allegations against the singer, but a binding legal clause in the $20 million settlement with one accuser forced producers to scrap the third act, rewrite the script, reshoot, and end the first film in 1987.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026

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Lynda Albertson, an art-crime analyst, said the works are instantly recognizable, impeding any effort to sell them through reputable channels.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
Lynda Albertson, an art crime analyst, said the works are instantly recognizable, impeding any effort to sell them through reputable channels.

— Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of impeding

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The catcher clocked a two-run single in the first inning, then hit a game-tying homer in the third — his first with his new team — in a 9-4 Red Sox win over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

— Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Trump diverged from his predecessors, however, in pushing it forward without tying steps toward Arab-Israeli normalization to progress on the Palestinian issue.

— MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of tying

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Birds visiting the feeder can get the goo on their wings, hampering their ability to fly and possibly leading to their untimely deaths.

— Joan Morris, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026
Rescuers will use an extrication device and a helicopter, Fathur said, adding that there were no reports of people missing and no challenges hampering the search.

— Reuters, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of hampering

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Current state policy makes clear that schools should only consider physically restraining a student or confining them to a room away from others in emergency situations where a student is at risk of harming themselves or others.

— CBS News, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
For much of our history, few options existed between mass institutionalization in expensive and confining facilities on one end of the spectrum, and fully independent living absent any supports on the other end of the spectrum.

— Barbara Merrill, Time, 11 Aug. 2026

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The fact a majority of them belong to people who traveled from another country and the conditions of the desert itself both complicate efforts to identify remains, therefore hindering missing persons cases, experts say.

— Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
The charges are hindering proceedings by disorderly conduct, a Class A misdemeanor, and disrupting a meeting or procession, a Class B misdemeanor.

— Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of hindering

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As the United States and China continue high-level talks, constraining the underground financial architecture of the illicit economy is an opportunity for a mutual diplomatic win.

— Alvin Camba, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2026
Studies suggest Imperial Japan’s sardine catch declined drastically and even ceased during the early 1940s, constraining the empire’s military power relying on fisheries resources.

— Pei-Hsu Lin, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of constraining

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He was charged with felony tampering, hindering apprehension for taking steps to conceal evidence and obstructing the investigation, according to a press release from Sunday's office.

— Finch Walker, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026
Paul Robinson, the father of a student who was accused with Abbatiello of being one of the ring’s two main suppliers, is charged with felony tampering, hindering apprehension and obstructing the investigation.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

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