unfetterv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈfɛtə/, U.S. /ˌənˈfɛdər/ a. To free from fetters; to remove the fetters from.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > from confinement > free from specific type of bonds
unfetter1362
untiec1450
ungyve1531
unsnare1550
unmanacle1582
unhalter1584
uncollar1611
uniron1611
unshackle1611
dismanacle1628
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. iii. 134 Heo ȝeueþ þe Iayler Gold and grotes..To vn-Fetere þe False.
c1400 Gamelyn 613 The shirreue unfetered him right sone anone.
c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 2399 To prison he gooth; he gette no bettre, Til his mainpernour his arrest vnfettre.
1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 69 He sayd to the freres, that they shold vnfeter the doulphyn.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Scatenare, to vnchaine, to vnfetter, to vnshakle.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Destraver, to vnshackle, vngyue, vnfetter.
1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxvii. 251 Captain Oakhum,..ordered the fellow to be unfettered.
1799 S. T. Coleridge Devil's Thoughts xi He saw the same Turnkey unfetter a man, With but little expedition.
b. In figurative contexts or uses.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)]
freeeOE
letc1000
alithOE
areim-ena1250
alaskic1300
fritha1325
loose1340
unfetterc1374
to let goc1384
releasec1384
freitha1400
to let farea1400
assoil1401
remit1467
affranchise1477
resplaitc1531
discussa1542
freedom1548
to set (go, walk, etc.) free1609
re-enfranchise1611
unhook1611
unloose1614
liberate1623
disenfranchise1626
assert1638
relinquish1671
uncork1749
unfankle1824
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 1216 She..gan hire herte vnfettre Out of disdaygns prison but a lyte.
a1470 J. Hardyng Chron. cxi. vii Fyftye batayls and syx he smote, Somtyme the worse, and somtyme had the better;..Lyke as fortune his cause leste vnfeter.
1627 R. Sanderson Serm. I. 280 As for whatsoever other hank thou mayst think thou hast over him,..he can..easily unfetter himself from them all.
1671 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa i. xx. 136 Whom she desires to see unfettered from the prison of this life.
1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 345 The transcendent power of parliament is called in..to unfetter an estate.
1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 8 It unfetters the mind from prejudices of every kind.
1862 F. W. Faber Hymns v. 282 And the langour of love captive hearts can unfetter.
Derivatives
unˈfettering n. and adj.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun] > release from confinement
unbinding1382
releasing1395
loosing1415
dischargec1458
enlargement1540
release1559
relaxationa1578
unloosing1578
bail1598
loosening1598
releasant1606
enlarge1608
dismission1609
eluctation1627
to let go1631
relaxating1647
unfetteringa1653
disimprisonment1656
disimprisoning1659
absolute discharge1729
disincarceration1831
decarceration1963
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [adjective]
liberatory1592
emancipatory1652
liberating1658
liberative1741
unfettering1824
emancipative1862
emancipating1874
a1653 H. Binning Serm. (1845) 189 To bring along a Deliverer unto your spirits, for the..unfettering of them from the chains of fleshly lusts.
1824 L.-M. Hawkins Mem. I. 257 Too much of the spirit of John Knox, or something equally unfettering.
1854 J. B. Paton in Life (1914) iii. 33 Those words which should for ever consecrate us to His unfettering service.
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