- noun(fetters)fetter (noun) · fetters (plural noun)
- a chain or manacle used to restrain a prisoner, typically placed around the ankles:"he lay bound with fetters of iron"
- a restraint or check on someone's freedom to do something, typically one considered unfair or overly restrictive:"the fetters of discipline and caution"
verbfetter (verb) · fetters (third person present) · fettered (past tense) · fettered (past participle) · fettering (present participle)- restrain with chains or manacles, typically around the ankles:"there were no chains immediately available to fetter the prisoners"
- restrict or restrain (someone) in an unfair or undesirable fashion:"he was not fettered by tradition"
OriginOld English feter, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch veter ‘a lace’, from an Indo-European root shared by foot.Similar and Opposite Wordsnoun- a chain or manacle used to restrain a prisoner, typically placed around the ankles:
- a restraint or check on someone's freedom to do something, typically one considered unfair or overly restrictive:
verb- restrain with chains or manacles, typically around the ankles:
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- Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.While now used as a more general term for something that confines or restrains, fetter was originally applied specifically to a chain or shackle for the feet. Not surprisingly, the word's Old English ancestor, feter, is etymologically shackled to fōt, the Old English ancestor of foot.www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fetterfetter [ fet-er ] show ipa See synonyms for: fetter fettered fetters on Thesaurus.com noun a chain or shackle placed on the feet. Usually fetters. anything that confines or restrains: Boredom puts fetters upon the imagination.www.dictionary.com/browse/fetter
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