unshackling
unshackling is the present participle and gerund of unshackle.
Meaning of unshackle
Verb
unshackle (third-person singular simple present unshackles, present participle unshackling, simple past and past participle unshackled)
- To remove shackles from someone or something.
- The captain ordered that the guards unshackle and release the prisoner, as he had served his sentence.
- Synonyms:
- unchain
- To remove restrictions or inhibitions; to allow full freedom and power.
- 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.1818, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, On Poesy or Art
Noun
unshackling (countable and uncountable, plural unshacklings)
- The act of removing shackles; liberation.
- In the marriages and reconciliations, in the unshacklings of minds and bodies that we witness at the end of the plays, lie the freedom and love that link our destinies and reveal the unity of all experience1996, Bulletin of the Comediantes (volume 48, issue 2, page 311)
Forms of unshackling
| plural | unshacklings |
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Questions about unshackling
- What does unshackling mean?
- Unshackling means the act of removing shackles; liberation.
- What is unshackling the present participle and gerund of?
- Unshackling is the present participle and gerund of unshackle.
- What part of speech is unshackling?
- Unshackling is a noun.
- What is the plural of unshackling?
- The plural of unshackling is unshacklings.
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