unshackledadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈʃakld/, U.S. /ˌənˈʃæk(ə)ld/ 1. Not shackled or fettered. Also transferred.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > [adjective] > free from confinement
freeOE
deliverc1300
loose1303
unironedc1450
unbandoned1487
slack1565
unshut1610
unpinioned1621
unthronged1648
untrapped1648
unconfined1649
footloose1702
unensnareda1711
uncaged1731
unlockeda1740
unfettered1748
uncramped1797
unshackled1816
unleashed1825
foot-free1837
unhandcuffed1861
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Unshackled, not shackled.]
1816 Ld. Byron Parisina xvii, in Siege of Corinth 83 These hands are chained—but let me die At least with an unshackled eye.
1821 W. Scott Pirate III. xiv. 314 Cleveland and Bunce..were permitted to walk unshackled.
2.
a. Not restricted or impeded by something.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > not restricted or limited
unrestrained1600
unbounded1608
undetermined1627
negative1678
irrestrictive1709
unrestricted1750
unshackled1776
wide open1858
1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. Pref. p. xiii Freedom of thought, unshackled by the trammels of authority.
1782 F. Burney Cecilia II. iii. ii. 21 Surrounded as you are by the opulent and the splendid, unshackled by dependance.
1853 Huxley in Life & Lett. (1900) I. 115 To be unshackled by anything that may prevent you taking the highest places.
1884 Law Times 17 May 42/2 The discretion of the court was unshackled by any obligation of hearing evidence.
b. Unrestricted, unimpeded, unhampered, free.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective]
freeeOE
unneedc1175
easyc1200
untiedc1374
unhemmeda1400
largec1400
unrefraineda1500
rampanta1540
unmuzzleda1541
unyoked1573
yokeless1584
licensed1593
unbound1593
wild1599
broad1604
fetterless1604
unconfined1607
ungyved1607
ungaged?1617
unboundeda1625
unfettereda1631
vagabond1635
unmanacled1686
unrestricted1750
haggard-wild1786
unconstrained1796
unshackled1796
chainless1816
rioty1819
untethered1826
unwithholdena1834
bondless1845
fancy-loose1850
constraintless1865
unpressured1879
undammed1896
balls-to-the-wall1967
balls-out1968
1796 F. Burney Camilla III. v. ii. 21 I can desire no one to abstain from pursuing the dictates of their own sense of honour. I leave you, therefore, unshackled.
1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) iii. ii. 96 Ages of prosperity and freedom To this unshackled city.
1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VIII. ii. lxvii. 450 The full and unshackled force of comedy.
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