shackles

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Synonyms for shackles

noun restraint

More words related to shackles

handcuffs

noun. manacles

bracelets
braces
chains
clamps
cuffs
fetters
iron rings
shackles
snaps
wristlets

Word Origin & History

Old English sceacel "shackle, fetter," probably also in a general sense "a link or ring of a chain," from Proto-Germanic *skakula- (cf. Middle Dutch, Dutch schakel "link of a chain, ring of a net," Old Norse skökull "pole of a carriage"), of uncertain origin. According to OED, the common notion of "something to fasten or attach" makes a connection with shake unlikely. Figurative use from early 13c. Related: Shackledom "marriage" (1771); shackle-bone "the wrist" (1570s).

Example Sentences for shackles

Masses of Asia have awakened to strike off shackles of the past.

A physician was immediately summoned, who ordered my shackles removed.

It is not for nothing, Jack, that I have disliked the life of shackles.

But unlike Froment he cannot shake off the shackles of his priesthood.

We removed his shackles and on the following day he called for books to read.

With a grunt, he bent down and examined his shackles closely.

In another moment, he stood erect, freed from the shackles which had bound him.

The shackles imposed on this power, in the Confederation, are discarded.

Thus Abe helped him throw off the shackles of drink and made a man of him.

But for such snapping of my shackles I might have become crippled for life.

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handcuffs

immobilization

iron

Synonyms for shackles

fetters