unfettered
adjective
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L229737 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ʌnˈfɛtəd/ / /ˈʌnˈfɛtɚd/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English fettered English unfettered From un- + fettered.
- Not bound by chains or shackles.
“Near-synonyms: unmanacled, unhandcuffed”
“In a corner of the market among the pens for cattle, Barnaby knelt down, and pausing every now and then to pass his hand over his father’s face, or look up to him with a smile, knocked off his irons. When he had seen him spring, a free man, to his feet, and had given vent to the transport of delight which the sight awakened, he went to work upon his own, which soon fell rattling down upon the ground, and left his limbs unfettered.”
- Not restricted.
“I envy not the beast that takes His license in the field of time, Unfetter’d by the sense of crime, To whom a conscience never wakes; […]”
“We declare the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland, and to the unfettered control of Irish destinies, to be sovereign and indefeasible.”
verb
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
- simple past and past participle of unfetter