fet ‧ ters /ˈfetəz $ -ərz/ BrE AmE noun [plural] literary
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: feter ; related to ⇨ ↑ foot 1 ]
1 . the things that prevent someone from being free SYN constraints
fetters of
breaking the fetters of convention
2 . chains that were put around a prisoner’s feet in past times