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Unshackled vs Unshackle - What's the difference?

unshackled | unshackle |

As verbs the difference between unshackled and unshackle

is that unshackled is past tense of unshackle while unshackle is to remove shackles from someone or something.

unshackled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (unshackle)

    • unshackle

    English

    Verb

    (unshackl)
  • To remove shackles from someone or something.
    • The captain ordered that the guards unshackle and release the prisoner, as he had served his sentence.
  • To remove restrictions or inhibitions; to allow full freedom and power.
  • * 1818,
    • Painting was, as it were, a new art, and being unshackled by old models it chose its own subjects, and took an eagle’s flight.

    Synonyms

    * (to remove shackles) unchain

    unshackle

    English

    Verb

    (unshackl)
  • To remove shackles from someone or something.
    • The captain ordered that the guards unshackle and release the prisoner, as he had served his sentence.
  • To remove restrictions or inhibitions; to allow full freedom and power.
  • * 1818,
    • Painting was, as it were, a new art, and being unshackled by old models it chose its own subjects, and took an eagle’s flight.

    Synonyms

    * (to remove shackles) unchain