MEANING
To free someone or something from physical restraints or restrictive conditions.
Use it for
Use for release from restraint or limitation.Show freedom gained from a physical or social constraint.
Words that belong together
- unfetter a prisoner
- unfetter creativity
- unfettered movement
On the page
The rescue crew unfettered the dog and eased it from the collapsed pen.
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Opposite meanings
Word forms
- Base
- unfetter
- Past tense
- unfettered
- Past participle
- unfettered
- Present participle
- unfettering
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- unfetter
- Present continuous
- am/is/are unfettering
- Present perfect
- have/has unfettered
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been unfettering
- Past
- unfettered
- Past continuous
- was/were unfettering
- Past perfect
- had unfettered
- Past perfect continuous
- had been unfettering
- Future
- will unfetter
- Future continuous
- will be unfettering
- Future perfect
- will have unfettered
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been unfettering
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Usage notes
Literal use concerns chains or restraints; figurative use concerns rules, habits, or limits.
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