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Definition

to restrain or hinder

or more archaically:

a shackle for the ankles

She is fettered by old ideas whose time has passed.

fettered = hindered (held back)

the law would fetter the free press
An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters.
Henry Clay
Too often, our ability to trade with one another is fettered by quotas, tariffs and the influence of special interests.
"You are fettered," said Scrooge, trembling.
Charles Dickens -- A Christmas Carol

fettered = in shackles (with the ankles or feet chained)

The clanking of fetters and the rattling of chains in the prison,
Frederick Douglass -- The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

fetters = a shackle for the ankles

A moment more and I had fettered him to the granite.
Edgar Allan Poe -- The Cask of Amontillado

fettered = chained

Arm you, I pray you, to this speedy voyage;
For we will fetters put upon this fear,
Which now goes too free-footed.
William Shakespeare -- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

fetters = shackles (chains to bind the ankles)

And thus your freedom when ... becomes itself the fetter of a greater freedom.
Kahlil Gibran -- The Prophet

fetter = restraining shackles

There is a devilish mercy in the judge,
If you'll implore it, that will free your life,
But fetter you till death.
William Shakespeare -- Measure for Measure

fetter = to shackle or otherwise restrain or hinder

Well, I must be patient; there is no fettering of authority.
William Shakespeare -- All's Well That Ends Well

fettering = to restraining or hindering

It was Artemis, but she was wrapped in chains, fettered to the rocks.
Rick Riordan -- The Titan's Curse

fettered = shackled (restrained with chains)

so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half truths to the unfettered realm of creative analysis and objective appraisal,
Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Letter from a Birmingham Jail

unfettered = unrestrained or unhindered

(editor's note: The prefix "un-" in unfettered means not and reverses the meaning of fettered. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.)

These strong Egyptian fetters I must break,
William Shakespeare -- Antony and Cleopatra

fetters = shackles that bind the ankles or feet

But there is no such man; for, brother, men
Can counsel and speak comfort to that grief
...
Would...
Fetter strong madness in a silken thread,
Charm ache with air and agony with words.
William Shakespeare -- Much Ado About Nothing

fetter = restrain (shackle)

Unfettered at last, it glided slowly through his consciousness...
Henry H. Neff -- The Hound of Rowan

unfettered = unrestrained or unhindered

(editor's note: The prefix "un-" in unfettered means not and reverses the meaning of fettered. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.)

He felt it as a fetter, an encumbrance, something which made them both, but him in particular, ridiculous.
Woolf, Virginia -- Night and Day
No way but to fetter 'em; got legs,—they'll use 'em,—no mistake.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher -- Uncle Tom's Cabin
Also, his love of freedom chafed against the restriction in much the same way his neck chafed against the starched fetter of a collar.
London, Jack -- Martin Eden
He did not even feel the fetters.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- Crime and Punishment

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