Fetters Synonyms and Antonyms

Restrain with fetters
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. shackles
  2. binds
  3. trammels
  4. manacles
  5. hobbles
  6. handcuffs
  7. ties
  8. restrains
  9. chains
  10. impedes
  11. hampers
  12. holds
  13. leashes
  14. confines
  15. hamstrings
  16. blocks
Antonyms:
  1. releases
  2. frees
  3. loosens
  4. looses
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To confine
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. represses
  2. checks
  3. hampers

Fetters Sentence Examples

  • The fetters broke open.

  • Her gaze fell to the fetters at her wrists and ankles.

  • The quiet jingle of metal fetters and distant voices greeted her ears.

  • One should give up anger, renounce pride, and overcome all fetters.

  • The early history of Strassburg consists mainly of struggles between the bishop and the citizens, the latter as they grew in wealth and power feeling that the fetters of ecclesiastical rule were inconsistent with their full development.

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