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Synonyms & Antonyms of unfetter
to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
- authorities eventually unfettered the menagerie of wild animals that had been kept illegally as pets
Synonyms for unfetter
- discharge,
- disenthrall
- (also disenthral),
- emancipate,
- enfranchise,
- enlarge,
- free,
- liberate,
- loose,
- loosen,
- manumit,
- release,
- spring,
- unbind,
- uncage,
- unchain
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“Unfetter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfetter. Accessed 25 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of unfetter was in the 14th century
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