unchaining
Releasing from bondage
Unchaining is the act of removing chains or freeing from restraints.
The word appears most often in figurative contexts—unchaining creativity, unchaining the mind, unchaining economic forces.
The reforms promised an unchaining of market competition.
The present participle of unchain.
Releasing from confinement
- releasingAllowing to escape
- unleashingSetting free forcefully
- loosingSetting something free
- letting goReleasing one's grasp
breaking free · escape · extrication · disentanglement · disengagement · unbinding · unfettering · detachment
Limits on action
- restrictionsLimitations on action
- inhibitionsMental barriers limiting behavior
- limitationsImposed or inherent bounds
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
repression · barriers · obstacles · breaking free · unleashing · unburdening · unbinding · casting off
Formal discontinuation of practice
- manumissionFormal freeing of enslaved
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
- slaveryOwnership of people
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
liberation · deliverance · redemption · rescue · salvation · freedmen · antislavery · suffrage
freeing
Releasing from confinement
- releasingAllowing to escape
- unleashingSetting free forcefully
- loosingSetting something free
letting go · breaking free · escape · extrication · disentanglement · disengagement · unbinding · unfettering · detachment · relief
constraints
Limits on action
- restrictionsLimitations on action
- inhibitionsMental barriers limiting behavior
- limitationsImposed or inherent bounds
oppression · repression · barriers · obstacles · breaking free · unleashing · unburdening · unbinding · casting off · throwing off
abolition
Formal discontinuation of practice
- manumissionFormal freeing of enslaved
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
- slaveryOwnership of people
bondage · liberation · deliverance · redemption · rescue · salvation · freedmen · antislavery · suffrage · civil rights
shackles
Metal bonds for prisoners
- fettersAnkle restraints, often metal
- manaclesWrist shackles for prisoners
- handcuffsLocking wrist restraints
irons · bonds · yoke · unbind · unlock · unshackle · unfetter · loosen · detach · sever
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Connecting in sequence
shackling · fettering · manacling · binding · restraining
unchainingenslaving
Forcing into servitude
imprisoning · confining · incarcerating · captivating · detaining
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