unchain
Free from fetters
To unchain is to release from chains or other restraints.
The word appears most often in figurative contexts—unchaining creativity, potential, or desires means freeing them from whatever held them back: The revolution unchained forces that had been suppressed for decades.
She felt unchained after quitting her job.
Grant freedom to
- freeWithout payment or restriction
- releaseTo let go
- liberateSet free from captivity
- manumitFree from enslavement
enfranchise · disenthrall · deliver · rescue · redeem · unshackle · unfetter · unbind
To release from restraint
- releaseTo let go
- unlockOpen a secured closure
- freeWithout payment or restriction
- unshackleRemove bonds from
unfetter · unbridle · liberate · unblock · uncork · open up · let loose · set free
Release from attachment
- unhookRelease from a curved fastener
- unboltSlide a bar open
- unlatchDisengage a fastener
- unbuckleRelease a fastener
unclasp · unshackle · unfetter · unbind · unlink · disconnect · detach · uncouple
Escape from confinement
- fleeDepart swiftly from threat
- boltThreaded rod for nuts
- abscondFlee to avoid capture
- extricateFree from entanglement
slip away · break out · get loose · cast off · throw off · shake off
Release from legal bondage
- liberationRelease from constraint
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- independenceFreedom from external control
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
liberty · free will · empowerment · enfranchisement · sovereignty · abolition · deliverance · manumission
emancipate
Grant freedom to
manumit · enfranchise · disenthrall · deliver · rescue · redeem · unshackle · unfetter · unbind · unleash
unleash
To release from restraint
unshackle · unfetter · unbridle · liberate · unblock · uncork · open up · let loose · set free
unfasten
Release from attachment
unbuckle · unclasp · unshackle · unfetter · unbind · unlink · disconnect · detach · uncouple · unhitch
break free
Escape from confinement
extricate · slip away · break out · get loose · cast off · throw off · shake off
emancipation
Release from legal bondage
- liberationRelease from constraint
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- independenceFreedom from external control
self-determination · liberty · free will · empowerment · enfranchisement · sovereignty · abolition · deliverance · manumission · civil rights
- Django Unchained
- Unchained MelodySong about unrestricted longing