" unfettering "

1: as in untying, unfastening;

•  Synonyms : 

•  unbinding,

•  unfastening,

•  untying,

•  detaching,

•  disengaging,

•  parting,

•  separation,

•  emancipation,

•  freedom,

•  liberation,

•  release

•  Antonyms : 

•  bond,

•  cement,

•  cord,

•  knot,

•  ligature,

•  link,

•  tie,

•  attachment,

•  connection,

•  fastening,

•  hookup,

•  joint,

•  linkage,

•  linkup,

•  nexus,

•  tie-up,

•  union,

•  yoke,

•  affection,

•  fondness,

•  sympathy

1: to set free (as from slavery or confinement);

  * e.g., " ... authorities eventually unfettered the menagerie of wild animals that had been kept illegally as pets "

•  Synonyms : 

•  discharging,

•  disenthralling,

•  emancipating,

•  enfranchising,

•  enlarging,

•  freeing,

•  liberating,

•  loosening,

•  loosing,

•  manumitting,

•  releasing,

•  springing,

•  unbinding,

•  uncaging,

•  unchaining

•  Antonyms : 

•  binding,

•  confining,

•  enchaining,

•  fettering,

•  restraining

1: to set free (as from slavery or confinement);

  * e.g., " ... authorities eventually unfettered the menagerie of wild animals that had been kept illegally as pets "

•  Synonyms : 

•  discharge,

•  disenthrall,

•  emancipate,

•  enfranchise,

•  enlarge,

•  free,

•  liberate,

•  loose,

•  loosen,

•  manumit,

•  release,

•  spring,

•  unbind,

•  uncage,

•  unchain

•  Antonyms : 

•  bind,

•  confine,

•  enchain,

•  fetter,

•  restrain