transcription, транскрипция: [ fetə(r) ]
( fetters, fettering, fettered)
1.
If you say that you are fettered by something, you dislike it because it prevents you from behaving or moving in a free and natural way. ( LITERARY )
...a private trust which would not be fettered by bureaucracy...
The black mud fettered her movements.
= hamper
VERB : be V-ed , V n [ disapproval ]
2.
You can use fetters to refer to things such as rules, traditions, or responsibilities that you dislike because they prevent you from behaving in the way you want. ( LITERARY )
= constraints
N-PLURAL : usu with supp , oft N of n [ disapproval ]