UNSHACKLING Synonyms

• emotionally purging (of e.g. art)

• loosening the ties that fasten something

• release from entanglement of difficulty

• extricate from entanglement

• free from involvement or entanglement

• separate the tangles of

• smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb

• give equal rights to; of women and minorities

• free from slavery or servitude

• give equal rights to; of women and minorities

• grant freedom to; free from confinement

• grant freedom to

• release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition

• untie or unfasten

• clear or remove an obstruction from

• play the cards of (a suit) so that the last trick on which a hand can follow suit will be taken by a higher card in the hand of a partner who has the remaining cards of a combined holding

• make (assets) available

• remove the bridle from (a horse or mule)

• remove the chains from

• make free

• To release from fetters; to unchain; to let loose; to free.

• disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed

• remove the hinges from

• release or vent

• release from a leash

• turn loose or free from restraint

• open the lock of

• set free or release

• become unlocked

• To undo by removing a tether.

• remove the yoke from

• remove the chains from

• make free