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fetter (s) (noun), fetters (pl)
1. A chain or shackle for the feet; as on a prisoner: The police were moving the prisoners, all of whom were in fetters, to a new location.

When more broadly applied, a fetter is anything that confines or restrains.

2. Something which prevents anyone or something from moving or acting freely: Melba desires to be free of the fetters of family obligations.
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fetter (verb), fetters; fettered; fettering
1. To prevent someone or something from moving or from acting freely: James found himself fettered by the responsibilities of completing the project.
2. To put chains around someone's ankles in order to prevent that person from trying to run away: The convicted prisoner was fettered as he was being moved from the local jail to a prison.
To restrain or to shackle a person so he or she is restricted from movement.
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To hamper, to restrict, or to keep someone from going from one place to another place as he or she wants to. (1)