Uncurb

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    to remove restrictions from, to render free from restraints

    "The "Cape Malay", a people of whom I had never heard before our arrival, grasped eagerly at the demoralizing doctrine of a plurality of wives, and crowded around the sacred men who could uncurb the bit of sensuality and render null and void the restraining laws of bigamy."

Example

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"The "Cape Malay", a people of whom I had never heard before our arrival, grasped eagerly at the demoralizing doctrine of a plurality of wives, and crowded around the sacred men who could uncurb the bit of sensuality and render null and void the restraining laws of bigamy."

Etymology

From un- + curb.

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