fetter
noun/ˈfetə(r)/
/ˈfetər/
- [usually plural] (literary) something that stops somebody from doing what they want
- They were at last freed from the fetters of ignorance.
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- fetters[plural] chains that are put around a prisoner’s feet synonym chain
- bound with fetters of iron
Word OriginOld English feter, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch veter ‘a lace’, from an Indo-European root shared by foot.
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