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trammels

noun as in bridle

noun as in circumscription

noun as in fetters

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Example Sentences

Grave and intrepid, he manifested a decision which set all trammels at defiance.

Four or five hours ago she had entered that car as "free from the trammels of passion" as a vestal virgin.

They broke away from the ancient trammels of customary forms, and replaced law with liberty of thought, and tradition with poetry.

English public opinion in spite of many trammels had a potent influence.

Suddenly he was all savage; as upon a night in Fair View house he had cast off the trammels of his white blood, so now.

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On this page you'll find 80 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to trammels, such as: check, control, curb, deterrent, hackamore, and halter.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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