Unfetter
[ʌn'fetə]
Definition
(v. t.) To loose from fetters or from restraint; to unchain; to unshackle; to liberate; as, to unfetter the mind.
Checker: Rene
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Unshackle, unbind, set free, loose, set at liberty.
Typist: Veronica
Definition
v.t. to take the fetters from: to set at liberty.—adj. Unfett′ered unrestrained.
Edited by ELLA
Examples
- I will not say what consideration I might give to that point myself, Mr. Copperfield, if I were unfettered. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Leave your eyes unfettered by your will but a single instant and they will surely turn to seek it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- She is what we call in England a tomboy, with a strong nature, wild and free, unfettered by any sort of traditions. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- They are unfettered by precedent in the administration of justice. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
Edited by Cathryn