Synonyms for fetter
ˈfɛt ərfet·ter

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1. fetter

   Bonds may be of cord, leather, or any other substance that can bind; chains are of linked metal. Manacles and handcuffs are for the hands, fetters are primarily chains or jointed iron fastenings for the feet; gyves may be for either. A shackle is a metallic ring, clasp, or bracelet-like fastening for encircling and restraining a limb: commonly one of a pair, used either for hands or feet. Bonds, fetters, and chains are used in a general way for almost any form of restraint. Gyves is now wholly poetic, and the other words are mostly restricted to the literary style; handcuffs is the specific and irons the general term in popular usage; as, the prisoner was put in irons. Bonds, chains, and shackles are frequently used in the metaphorical sense.

   Synonyms:
   bondage, bonds, chains, custody, durance, duress, gyves, handcuffs, imprisonment, irons, manacles, shackles

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1. fetter

   Synonyms:
   manacle, hinder, restrain, clog, impede, shackle

   Antonyms:
   free, liberate, expedite, accelerate

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1. fetter, hobbleverb

   a shackle for the ankles or feet

   Synonyms:
   limp, hitch, hobble

2. fetter, shackleverb

   restrain with fetters

   Synonyms:
   shackle, pinion

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1. • Restrain

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1. fetternoun

   Synonyms:
   shackle (for the feet), chain, bond, clog, hamper

2. fetterverb

   Synonyms:
   shackle (the feet), clog, trammel, hamper, put fetters on

3. fetterverb

   Synonyms:
   chain, bind, tie, confine, restrain

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1. fetternoun

   Synonyms:
   shackle, bond, hamper, restraint

2. fetterverb

   Synonyms:
   shackle, manacle, hamper, restrain, impede

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How to use fetter in a sentence?

1. Epictetus:

   Me in chains? You may fetter my leg but my will, not even Zeus himself can overpower.