adj, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of unshackle form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Not shackled. not-comparable

   "Near-synonyms: shackleless, unfettered, fetterless; unmanacled, unhandcuffed"

Adjective

1. 1
   not bound by shackles and chains wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

;emancipatedfetterlessfreefreedliberated

Example

More examples

""Then schooled in cunning and Pelasgian sleights, / his hands unshackled to the stars he spread:""

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