Synonyms for shackles
shack·les

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1. shacklesnoun

   Synonyms:
   fetter, manacles

2. shacklesnoun

   Restraints, (usually metal) often joined by a chain, placed around a prisoner's wrists or ankles to restrict their movement.

   Synonyms:
   manacles, fetter

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1. shackles

   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, fetter, gyves, handcuffs, imprisonment, irons, manacles

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1. shacklesnoun

   Synonyms:
   fetters, gyves, irons, manacles, chains, hampers

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1. List of paraphrases for "shackles":

   fetters, chains, irons, handcuffs, cuffs, strings

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How to use shackles in a sentence?

1. Kim Su-jung:

   I believe this ruling frees women from shackles.

2. Christen Kuikoua:

   True liberation begins within. If the chains of the mind persist, the shackles of physical confinement are but an outer reflection of an unfree soul.

3. Fischel Benkhald:

   It feels like shackles have been removed from me and I feel a great sense of liberty now.

4. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban:

   2024 will be 35 years after we shook off the shackles of oppression and celebrated our freedom, organizing an Olympic Games would be the pinnacle of this historical process. We are not only competing for ourselves, but representing the whole region.

5. Imam Ali, Peak of Eloquence (Nahjul Balagha):

   205. A greedy man will always find himself in the shackles of humility.