unfetter

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US/ʌnˈfɛtɚ/US[ʌnˈfɛɾɚ]

verb

To release from fetters; to unchain; to let loose; to free.

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Meanings

verbunfetter (third-person singular simple present unfetters, present participle unfettering, simple past and past participle unfettered)

present singular third person unfetters · participle present unfettering · participle past unfettered · past unfettered

  1. transitiveTo release from fetters; to unchain; to let loose; to free.

    He saw the same Turnkey unfetter a man / With but little expedition

    1834 [1799], Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, “The Devil's Thoughts”, in The Poetical Works of S. T. Coleridge, volume II, London: W. Pickering, page 86

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
freeunchain

Origin

From un- + fetter.

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Translations

German entfesseln, befreien
  • entfesselnto unchain, to free
  • befreiento unchain, to free
Polish wyswobadzać, wyswabadzać
  • wyswobadzaćto unchain, to free
  • wyswabadzaćto unchain, to free
  • wyswobodzićto unchain, to free

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with unfetter

betterlettermetersweaterdebtorsettergetterwetterpettervetterfetternetterbettorabettorrettergreen-ink letterknow any bettersaetertetterwhetter
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Cite this entry
APA

unfetter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfetter

MLA

“unfetter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfetter. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unfetter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfetter.

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