Fetter

/ˈfet.ə/

Synonyms for "fetter" (151 found)

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Related word relations

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14 entries
ankle chainbureaucratic constraintchaincontractual bindingcultural constraintdutyeconomic constraintiron chainleg shacklelegal constraintlegal obligationmanacleregulatory constraintshackle

Collocations

10 entries
economic fetterfettered growthfettered independencefettered movementfetters of traditionheavy fetteriron fetterlegal fetterunfettered accessunfettered growth

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

6 entries

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound.

Source: wiktionary

He looks upon study as an odious fetter; his time is spent in the open air, climbing the hills or rowing on the lake.

Source: wiktionary

That was the turning-point of my life. I broke my fetters, and I fought a hard fight for a new career …

Source: wiktionary

The Begums' ministers, on the contrary, to extort from them the disclosure of the place which concealed the treasures, were, […] after being fettered and imprisoned, led out on to a scaffold, and this array of terrours proving unavailing, the meek tempered Middleton, as a dernier resort, menaced them with a confinement in the fortress of Chunargar. Thus, my lords, was a British garrison made the climax of cruelties!

Source: wiktionary

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