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un⋅fet⋅ter

  [uhn-fet-er]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to release from fetters.
2. to free from restraint; liberate.
Origin:
1325–75; ME unfeteren. See un- 2 , fetter
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un·fet·ter   (ŭn-fět'ər)   
tr.v.   un·fet·tered, un·fet·ter·ing, un·fet·ters
To set free or keep free from restrictions or bonds.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

unfetter 
1362, from un- (2) + fetter (v.). The fig. sense is recorded from c.1374.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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