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 [uhn-shak-uhl]  

un·shack·le

   [uhn-shak-uhl]
verb (used with object), -led, -ling.
1.
to free from shackles; unfetter.
2.
to free from restraint, as conversation.
Origin:
1605–15; un-2 + shackle
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