unchains
Releases from bondage
Unchains means to release from chains or other restraints.
The word appears most often in figurative contexts—unchaining creativity, desire, or potential: The new policy unchains innovation.
Literal use describes freeing a chained person or animal: She unchained the dog from its post.
Removes from captivity
- releasesLets go or publishes
- emancipatesReleases from control
- manumitsFormally releases from slavery
- liberatesSets free from captivity
unbinds · unshackles · delivers · rescues · redeems · extricates · disentangles · springs
Release from legal bondage
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- independenceFreedom from external control
self-determination · sovereignty · enfranchisement · equality · suffrage · abolition · justice · activism
frees
Removes from captivity
- releasesLets go or publishes
- emancipatesReleases from control
- manumitsFormally releases from slavery
liberates · unbinds · unshackles · delivers · rescues · redeems · extricates · disentangles · springs · saves
emancipation
Release from legal bondage
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
independence · self-determination · sovereignty · enfranchisement · equality · suffrage · abolition · justice · activism · resistance
unlocks
Disengages a fastening
- unfastensReleases from attachment
- loosensDecreases tightness or tension
- detachesRemoves from connection
unhooks · uncuffs · unbuckles · unclasps · unbolts · unbars · unlatches · unstraps · unleashes · unbridles
unchainsimprisons
Confines as punishment
enslaves · incarcerates · confines · captivates · subjugates
- Django Unchained
- Unchained MelodySong about unrestricted longing