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fettersnounpl. of fetter something that limits one's freedom of action or choicea time-honored tradition is fine as long as it doesn't become a fetter that prevents us from trying something new checks, circumscriptions, conditions, constraints, curbs, limitations, restraints, restrictions, strictures exceptions, provisos(also provisoes), qualifications, reservations, stipulations, stringsbans, prohibitions, proscriptions freedoms, latitudes something that makes movement or progress difficultclaims that government regulations are unnecessary fetters that keep him from achieving his business goals balks, bars, blocks, chains, clogs, cramps, crimps, deterrents, drags, embarrassments, encumbrances, handicaps, hindrances, holdbacks, hurdles, impediments, inhibitions, interferences, lets, manacles, obstacles, obstructions, shackles, stops, stumbling blocks, trammels catches, hitches, rubs, snagsbarriers, blockades, blockages, brick walls, stone wallsarrests, bits, brakes, checks, constraints, curbs, hobbles, reins, restraintsembargoes, stoppagesdelays, holdups, stallsburdens, cumbers, loadsdangers, hazards, perils, reefsadversities, difficulties, disadvantages, drawbacks, hardships catalysts, goads, impetuses, incentives, spurs, stimulants, stimuliadvantages, breaks, edgesaids, assistances, benefits, boosts, handmaidens(also handmaids), help something that physically prevents free movementconsidered a seat belt a pointless fetter—until one saved his life in an auto accident bands, binds, bonds, bracelets, chains, cuffs, handcuffs, irons, ligatures, manacles, shackles captivities, confinements, constraints, curbs, enchainments, enslavements, hindrances, immurements, imprisonments, incarcerations, restraints, restrictionsentanglements, nets, trammels, trapscollars, straitjackets(also straightjackets)fasteners, hobbles, hold-downs, holdings, holds, ties to confine or restrain with or as if with chainsmuseum artifacts that serve as somber reminders of the days when slaves were fettered with irons binds, chains, enchains, enfetters, gyves, handcuffs, manacles, pinions, shackles, trammels bits, hobbles, hog-ties, irons, lashes, secures, ties, trussesattaches, fastens, joins, linksconfines, constrains, curbs, hampers, hinders, impedeslimits, restrictsentangles, tangles unbinds, unfetters, unshackles emancipates, frees, liberates, looses, releases, rescuesundoes, unfastens, untangles, untiesdetaches, disengages to create difficulty for the work or activity ofthe belief that too many rules and restrictions fetter children's creativity clogs, cramps, embarrasses, encumbers, hampers, handcuffs, handicaps, hinders, hobbles, hog-ties, holds back, holds up, impedes, inhibits, interferes (with), manacles, obstructs, shackles, short-circuits, stymies, ties up, trammels balks, checks, constrains, curbs, reins, restrainsbinds, chains, halters, leashes, tethers, tiesarrests, brakes, delays, retains, retardsbarricades, blockades, blocks, roadblocksbogs (down), mireschokes, smothers, stifles, strangles, suffocatesbaffles, foils, frustrates, stumps, thwartsderails, disrupts, sabotagesmuzzles, represses, suppressesconfines, hedges (in), hems (in) cramps one's style, gives a hard time aids, assists, facilitates, helps clears, makes way, opens, unclogs, unplugs, unstopsfrees, liberates, releases, untiesloosens, smooths(also smoothes)encourages, furthers, promotes |