unfetter
Remove the chains
To unfetter is to free from restraints, literally or figuratively.
The word evokes chains or shackles being removed: The prisoner was unfettered and allowed to walk the yard.
More often the usage is metaphorical—unfettering markets, creativity, or potential means removing restrictions that hold them back: The new policy unfettered innovation across the industry.
Without payment or restriction
- releaseTo let go
- unshackleRemove bonds from
- unchainRemove restraining links
- emancipateGrant freedom to
manumit · liberate · loose · unbind · disenthrall · rescue · deliver · extricate
To release from restraint
- unbridleRelease from restraint
- uncageRelease from confinement
- unlooseTo free from restraint
- untieUndo a fastening
unhobble · unmuzzle · unyoke · detach · disengage · unlock · unbolt · unpin
Independent decision-making capacity
- independenceFreedom from external control
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- agencyPower to act
empowerment · liberty · freedom · self-governance · rights · dignity · enfranchisement · suffrage
Without any restraint
- unrestrainedNot held back
- uncheckedNot controlled or limited
- boundlessWithout any boundaries
- limitlessWithout any boundaries
unconstrained · uninhibited · uncontrolled · untamed · wild · exuberant · spontaneous · carefree
free
Without payment or restriction
emancipate · manumit · liberate · loose · unbind · disenthrall · rescue · deliver · extricate · redeem
unleash
To release from restraint
untie · unhobble · unmuzzle · unyoke · detach · disengage · unlock · unbolt · unpin · unclasp
autonomy
Independent decision-making capacity
- independenceFreedom from external control
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
agency · empowerment · liberty · freedom · self-governance · rights · dignity · enfranchisement · suffrage · equality
unbridled
Without any restraint
- unrestrainedNot held back
- uncheckedNot controlled or limited
- boundlessWithout any boundaries
limitless · unconstrained · uninhibited · uncontrolled · untamed · wild · exuberant · spontaneous · carefree · untrammeled