Fetter

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A chain or similar object used to bind a person or animal, often by its legs.
   plural, usually
3. Anything that restricts or restrains.
   figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound.”

“He looks upon study⟳ as an odious fetter; his time is spent in the open⟳ air, climbing the hills or rowing on the lake.”

“That was the turning-point of my life. I broke my fetters, and I fought a hard fight⟳ for a new career …”

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