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UNSHACKLED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unshackled mean?
• UNSHACKLED (adjective)
The adjective UNSHACKLED has 1 sense:
1. not bound by shackles and chains
Familiarity information: UNSHACKLED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not bound by shackles and chains
Synonyms:
unchained; unfettered; unshackled; untied
Similar:
unbound (not restrained or tied down by bonds)
Context examples
No, it was not regret which made Anne's heart beat in spite of herself, and brought the colour into her cheeks when she thought of Captain Wentworth unshackled and free.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
It had given him a disgust to his business, and to his residence in a small market town; and, in quitting them both, he had removed with his family to a house about a mile from Meryton, denominated from that period Lucas Lodge, where he could think with pleasure of his own importance, and, unshackled by business, occupy himself solely in being civil to all the world.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
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