unpen
Free from enclosure
To unpen is to release from confinement, as if letting an animal out of its pen: The farmer unpenned the sheep at dawn.
The word extends to freeing anything that has been enclosed or restrained: She unpenned her thoughts in a long letter.
Literary and uncommon.
Release from confinement
- unleashTo release from restraint
- unfetterRemove restraints from
- unshackleRemove bonds from
- freeWithout payment or restriction
liberate · let out · turn loose · set free · open up · unlatch · unbolt · unbar
Woolly farm animal
- flockAnimals gathered together
- herdGrazing animals together
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- goatsHorned farm ruminants
pigs · poultry · chickens · horses · pasture · grazing · shepherd · rancher
Confined, bordered space
- cageBarred confinement structure
- coopPoultry enclosure
- corralFenced livestock enclosure
- stallEnclosed compartment or delay
kennel · paddock · stockade · pound · hutch · fold · sty · run
Release from constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- releaseTo let go
- deliveranceRescue from bondage
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
independence · free-range · roaming · unfettered · unrestrained · unconstrained · unconfined · at liberty
uncage
Release from confinement
free · liberate · let out · turn loose · set free · open up · unlatch · unbolt · unbar · unlock
sheep
Woolly farm animal
- flockAnimals gathered together
- herdGrazing animals together
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
goats · pigs · poultry · chickens · horses · pasture · grazing · shepherd · rancher · farmer
enclosure
Confined, bordered space
stall · kennel · paddock · stockade · pound · hutch · fold · sty · run · compound
liberation
Release from constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- releaseTo let go
- deliveranceRescue from bondage
autonomy · independence · free-range · roaming · unfettered · unrestrained · unconstrained · unconfined · at liberty · loose