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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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un·shack·le   (ŭn-shāk'əl)   
tr.v.   un·shack·led, un·shack·ling, un·shack·les
To free from or as if from shackles.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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