shackle

Definition

  • noun: one of two rings or bands that are placed around a person's wrists or ankles and that are connected by a chain
  • noun: something (as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms
  • verb: to put shackles on (someone or something)
  • verb: to bind with 'shackles'
  • usually plural
  • synonyms: fetter, stubble, gyve

Examples

  • The country was freed from the 'shackles of' tyranny.

  • The prisoner was placed in 'shackles'.

  • The people 'were shackled' by poverty.

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