unshackled
Released from bondage
Unshackled means freed from restraints or limitations.
Literally, shackles are metal restraints for wrists or ankles, so to be unshackled is to have them removed.
The word appears most often figuratively: unshackled from tradition, an unshackled imagination, finally unshackled from debt.
It suggests liberation from something that had been confining or oppressive.
Released from confinement
- unchainedFreed from restraints
- unfetteredFree from restriction
- freeWithout payment or restriction
- emancipatedReleased from subjugation
released · unbound · unrestricted · unrestrained · unconstrained · unconfined · untethered · unhindered
Without any boundaries
- unlimitedWithout bounds or restrictions
- unboundedHaving no limits
- uncheckedNot controlled or limited
- uncontrolledLacking any regulation
wild · free-range · open-ended · infinite · untrammeled · uninhibited · free-spirited · uncurbed
Escaped from danger
- abscondedDeparted secretly, furtively
- eludedAvoided being caught
- evadedSuccessfully avoided capture
- extricatedReleased from entanglement
disentangled · escaped · fugitive · runaway · bolt · flight · breakout · jailbreak
Independent decision-making capacity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- independenceFreedom from external control
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- self-governanceIndependent management of affairs
self-rule · empowerment · liberation · self-reliance · agency · free-will · self-possession · enfranchisement
liberated
Released from confinement
- unchainedFreed from restraints
- unfetteredFree from restriction
- freeWithout payment or restriction
emancipated · released · unbound · unrestricted · unrestrained · unconstrained · unconfined · untethered · unhindered · unimpeded
limitless
Without any boundaries
uncontrolled · wild · free-range · open-ended · infinite · untrammeled · uninhibited · free-spirited · uncurbed · ungoverned
fled
Escaped from danger
extricated · disentangled · escaped · fugitive · runaway · bolt · flight · breakout · jailbreak · getaway
autonomy
Independent decision-making capacity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- independenceFreedom from external control
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
self-governance · self-rule · empowerment · liberation · self-reliance · agency · free-will · self-possession · enfranchisement · decolonized
- freefree, freed, liberated, released, unchained
- independencefreedom, liberty, Independence Day, autonomy, sovereignty
- fugitivesfugitive, escapee, escaped convict, runaway, prison escapee
- leewaywiggle room, latitude, slack, margin, play
unshackledshackled
Bound with metal restraints
chained · fettered · bound · manacled · handcuffed
unshackledenslaved
Made someone's property
captive · subjugated · imprisoned · oppressed · incarcerated
unshackledconstrained
Forced into narrow limits
restricted · inhibited · limited · hampered · burdened