Unshackling

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of removing shackles; liberation. countable, uncountable

    "In the marriages and reconciliations, in the unshacklings of minds and bodies that we witness at the end of the plays, lie the freedom and love that link our destinies and reveal the unity of all experience"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of unshackle form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

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"In the marriages and reconciliations, in the unshacklings of minds and bodies that we witness at the end of the plays, lie the freedom and love that link our destinies and reveal the unity of all experience"

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