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fetter
Universal Words
verb, noun
verb [VN] [usuallypassive]
1 (literary) to restrict sb's freedom to do what they want:
He felt fettered by petty rules and regulations.
2 to put chains around a prisoner's feet:
A man lay fettered on the floor of the prison cell.
noun
1 [usuallypl.] (literary) something that stops sb from doing what they want:
They were at last freed from the fetters of ignorance.
2 (fetters) [pl.] chains that are put around a prisoner's feet:
bound with fetters of iron
