Complete Definition of "unfettered"

was wotd|2006|May|8
English

Etymology
From un- + fettered.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�n�f�t�d/ (RP)
IPA|/��n�f�t�d/ (US)
audio|en-us-unfettered.ogg|Audio (US)

Verb
unfettered

  1. past of|unfetter

Adjective
en-adj

  1. Not bound by chains or shackles.

#*1841 � w:Charles Dickens|Charles Dickens, s:Barnaby Rudge|Barnaby Rudge, ch. 68
#*: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.

  1. context|by extension Not restricted.

#*1916 � w:Easter_Proclamation|Easter_Proclamation (s:Proclamation of the Republic|Proclamation of the Republic)
#*: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.

Quotations
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Synonyms
(not bound by chains): free, unchained
(not restricted): unrestricted

Translations
trans-top|not bound by chains
Czech: nespoutaný m
Finnish: kahlitsematon
Russian: о�вобожд�нн�й
trans-mid
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trans-top|not restricted
Finnish: kahlitsematon, vapaa
trans-mid
Russian: не��е�н�нн�й
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Translations to be checked
ttbc|Spanish: desembarazado, desbocado

io:unfettered
fi:unfettered
te:unfettered
vi:unfettered

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