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unfetter

[/ʌnˈfɛtər/]
verb
libertar, desacorrentar
1. To free from fetters or chains; to release from physical restraint
The prisoners were unfettered after serving their sentences.
Os prisioneiros foram desacorrentados após cumprir suas sentenças.
2. To free from restrictions, constraints, or limitations; to liberate
Education can unfetter the human potential.
A educação pode libertar o potencial humano.
3. To remove obstacles or impediments from something or someone
We need to unfetter our economy from excessive regulations.
Precisamos libertar nossa economia de regulações excessivas.
Synonyms
liberatefreereleaseunchainemancipateunbind
Antonyms
fetterrestrainconstrainshackleimprisonbind

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
libertar, desacorrentar
Standard usage in Brazilian Portuguese
São Paulo
soltar, libertar
Common colloquial usage
Portugal
libertar, desacorrentar
Standard usage in European Portuguese

Related Idioms & Phrases

break free from
throw off the shackles
cast off chains
break loose
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