Fettering
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Fettering is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of fetter.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of fetter.
More Meanings
- The act by which something is fettered or constricted.
Example Sentences
Through this book's exploration of various kinds of fetterings and of one method for thinking beyond them, I want to demonstrate the unique and unfettered hope of the Christian faith.
A good world needs knowledge, kindliness, and courage; it does not need a regretful hankering after the past, or a fettering of the free intelligence by the words uttered long ago by ignorant men.
Word Forms
- fetterings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include shackle, hobble, fetterer, constraining, chain, garnish.
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