unshackles
Frees from restraints
Unshackles means to free from shackles or restraints.
Literally, it describes removing chains or bonds from a prisoner.
More often figurative: a policy that unshackles small businesses from excessive regulation, a revelation that unshackles someone from guilt.
The word suggests liberation from something that had been constraining movement or potential.
Releases from control
- freesRemoves from captivity
- liberatesSets free from captivity
- manumitsFormally releases from slavery
- enfranchisesGrants voting rights
releases · delivers · rescues · redeems · abolishes · unbinds · unchains · slaves
Sets free from captivity
- freesRemoves from captivity
- releasesLets go or publishes
- removesTakes something out
- loosensDecreases tightness or tension
lifts · breaks · unbridles · unleashes · unburdens · relieves · restrictions · limitations
Disengages a fastening
- unbindsFrees from bonds
- unfastensReleases from attachment
- unchainsRemoves shackles from
- unhooksReleases from a curved fastener
unclasps · unbuckles · unstraps · unpins · unhitches · uncouples · unbolts · unbars
Grants ability or authority
- enablesMakes something possible
- unleashesReleases from restraint
- unlocksDisengages a fastening
- permitsGrants formal authorization
allows · facilitates · authorizes · activates · catalyzes · transforms · awakens · energizes
emancipates
Releases from control
enfranchises · releases · delivers · rescues · redeems · abolishes · unbinds · unchains · slaves · bondage
liberates
Sets free from captivity
loosens · lifts · breaks · unbridles · unleashes · unburdens · relieves · restrictions · limitations · barriers
unlocks
Disengages a fastening
unhooks · unclasps · unbuckles · unstraps · unpins · unhitches · uncouples · unbolts · unbars · loosens
empowers
Grants ability or authority
permits · allows · facilitates · authorizes · activates · catalyzes · transforms · awakens · energizes · ignites
unshacklesimprisons
Confines as punishment
confines · incarcerates · enslaves · captures · detains
unshacklesshackles
Metal bonds for prisoners
enslaves · constrains · oppresses · subjugates · suppresses