unmasterv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈmɑːstə/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈmastə/, U.S. /ˌənˈmæstər/ transitive. To make no longer master; to cause to lose mastery or control.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > free oneself [verb (reflexive)] > from restraint
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1594 J. Sylvester tr. O. de la Nove Profit Imprisonm. sig. A4v Small the honor is to bee acknowledgd King And monarke of the world, ones selfe vn-maistering.
1656 T. Fuller True Penitent 16 in Coll. Serm. They who call God Master with their mouths, and do not honour him in their hearts by their lives, doe in effect Deny him, and Un-master him, as much as lieth in their power.
1825 J. H. Wiffen tr. T. Tasso Jerusalem Delivered II. v. xxx. 210 His hand, unmastered by his rage, at will A thousand stabs delivers.
1996 S. Barron Jane & Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor (1997) vii. 86 I have so far learned from my brother's example, Miss Austen, as to spurn passion in anything. It is too often the means of unmastering a sober mind.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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