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Synonyms & Antonyms for fetter
Synonyms: Noun
check, circumscription, condition, constraint, curb, limitation, restraint, restriction, stricture
Synonyms: Verb
bind, chain, enchain, enfetter, gyve, handcuff, manacle, pinion, shackle, trammel
Antonyms: Verb
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Examples of fetter in a Sentence
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a time-honored tradition is fine as long as it doesn't become a fetter that prevents us from trying something new claims that government regulations are unnecessary fetters that keep him from achieving his business goalsVerb
He found himself fettered by responsibilities. museum artifacts that serve as somber reminders of the days when slaves were fettered with irons
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Like the shrimp and grits, the fetter papa burger ($15) is appropriately decadent. — Lindsey Mcclave, The Courier-Journal, "40 craft beers and a vegetarian-friendly menu make Crescent Hill Craft House stand out," 28 Aug. 2019 The smartest of Logan's four children spent most of Succession's first season rejecting the fetters of the Roy name to varying degrees of success. — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, "Who Won the Succession Game of Thrones This Week?," 12 Aug. 2019 Rousseau regarded them as fetters on the peopleâs freedoms. — The Economist, "Long live the Tory revolution!," 1 Aug. 2019 India has a populist leader happy to interfere with the central bank, China has ditched term limits to make its Communist leadership even more dictatorial than usual and the Philippine president revels in rejecting fetters on extrajudicial killing. — James Mackintosh, WSJ, "Investor Lessons From Turkeyâs Crash to Earth," 14 Aug. 2018 The past worked as fetters on our limbs, and the old prejudices and practices worked as obstacles on our way forward. — Eli Meixler, Time, "What Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump Said to Each Other When They First Met," 13 June 2018 In its latest phase, from the 1990s, Germany has reunified, become a normal country again and shed some of the fetters of its past. — The Economist, "Germany is becoming more open and diverse," 14 Apr. 2018 Vern Thiessenâs adaptation of W. Somerset Maughamâs novel of emotional fetters and romantic entanglements finishes its run. — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, "Whatâs New in NYC Theater," 27 July 2017Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Botany was also often fettered to expertise in gardening, another activity that fell within the realm of the feminine. — Amandas Ong, The Atlantic, "Why Pop Culture Links Women and Killer Plants," 17 Apr. 2018 In many developing countries, girls face two starkly divergent paths: one fettered by gender inequality and cut short by early childbearing and the other offering personal fulfillment and economic improvement that benefit families and nations. — Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, "The girls who took over a town in rural India," 15 Apr. 2018 While your job is to enforce the consistency that stylebooks aim for, you must not be fettered by it. — John E. Mcintyre, baltimoresun.com, "Eight rules for editors," 25 Aug. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'fetter.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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