unshackling

Definitions

The act of releasing someone or something from shackles or physical restraints.

The process of freeing someone or something from restrictive conditions, limitations, or control.

Examples

The new policy is aimed at unshackling the economy from outdated regulations.

She felt a sense of relief, as if unshackling herself from the expectations of her past.

Synonyms

liberating freeing releasing emancipating untying unchaining loosening

Antonyms

shackling restraining binding fettering confining imprisoning enslaving