UNFETTERING Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

unfettering 1 of 2

noun

as in unbinding

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unfettering

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verb

present participle of unfetter

as in freeing

to set free (as from slavery or confinement) authorities eventually unfettered the menagerie of wild animals that had been kept illegally as pets

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Noun

This might make sense for a Buddhist monk pursuing the great unbinding, but not for a random Brooklynite who just wants to be more productive at work.

— Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of unbinding

Verb

United regularly exploited Everton’s 4-1-4-1 system, sending runners down the side of Garner as the solitary No 6 and freeing Rashford in his mismatch up against Rohl.

— Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Her existence is solitary by design, freeing her up to disappear into her studies at all hours of the night, the doors of every institution seemingly always ready to welcome her into its stacks and viewing stations and leather reading chairs.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of freeing

Noun

Long before those children reached upward, Palestinians had already learned to build freedom from whatever the occupation could not confiscate.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Only a filmmaker who had just won Oscars and made history would have been granted the artistic freedom to make this movie, arguably Bigelow’s finest.

— Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of freedom

Verb

The startup paused some of its AI research and training after the Hugging Face attack, but the security incidents haven't stopped OpenAI from releasing new products.

— Samantha Subin, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
Exodus is releasing on PC (Steam & Epic Games Store), PS5, and Xbox Series X|S on April 7, 2027.

— Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of releasing

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In the videos heard Monday, the rapper also called for liberation in Congo, Sudan and America.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
If the story of women’s liberation is often told as one long unlacing of the corset, an early salvo came from the French barricades.

— Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of liberation

Verb

And by engaging with these powerful militaries, the group reinforced its self-image as a major regional player that was uniquely capable of liberating the Muslim world from corrupting American and Israeli influence.

— April Longley Alley, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026
And yet, liberating writing from the capitalist ethic has its own value.

— M. C. Mah, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of liberating

Noun

To Karice, that meant Samuel, Sarah's older brother, was born before emancipation.

— Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026
The year 1933, Arendt contended, marked the close of the age of bourgeois emancipation and Jewish liberation, which brought an end to a feeling of security in the West and signaled that the new sense of security in the East was a pipe dream.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of emancipation

Verb

Officials said a good Samaritan vessel also stepped in, rescuing the 15-year-old survivor and recovering the bodies of the two deceased mariners from the water.

— Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026
The win over Hapoel was particularly dramatic, with Sabah’s Tellur Mutallimov rescuing the tie in the fourth minute of stoppage time at the end of the second leg as Sabah went on to win in extra time.

— Colin Millar, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

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