unfetter

[ uhn-fet-er ]
/ ʌnˈfɛt ər /
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verb (used with object)

to release from fetters.
to free from restraint; liberate.

Origin of unfetter

First recorded in 1325–75, unfetter is from the Middle English word unfeteren. See un-2, fetter

Words nearby unfetter

unfeasible, unfederated malay states, unfeeling, unfeigned, unfertilized, unfetter, unfettered, unfilial, unfilled, unfiltered, unfindable

Words related to unfetter

liberate, extricate, leak, clear, drop, deliver, free, discharge, surrender, issue, loosen, parole, rescue, pardon, relieve, acquit, release, dismiss, save, regain

Example sentences from the Web for unfetter

  • Unfetter your thoughts from notions, prejudices and limitations.

    Supreme Personality |Delmer Eugene Croft

  • The red sand in the glass began to fall again, and its liberation seemed to unfetter my paralysed limbs.

    The Strong Arm |Robert Barr

  • To secure true progress, we must unfetter genius, and chain down mediocrity.

    Cannibals all! |George Fitzhugh

  • Scattergood was thinking, and to think, with him, meant so to unfetter his feet that he could wriggle his toes pleasurably.

    Scattergood Baines |Clarence Budington Kelland

British Dictionary definitions for unfetter

unfetter
/ (ʌnˈfɛtə) /

verb (tr)

to release from fetters, bonds, etc
to release from restraint or inhibition