Fettering
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act by which something is fettered or constricted.
"A good world needs knowledge, kindliness, and courage; it does not need a regretful hankering after the past, or a fettering of the free intelligence by the words uttered long ago by ignorant men."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of fetter form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"A good world needs knowledge, kindliness, and courage; it does not need a regretful hankering after the past, or a fettering of the free intelligence by the words uttered long ago by ignorant men."
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