fetters - Definition from the JAIL AND PUNISHMENT topic - SOCIETY

Topic: JAIL AND PUNISHMENT

Language:	Old English
Origin:	feter; related to FOOT¹

fetters
noun

fet‧ters

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[plural] literary

1 the things that prevent someone from being free [= constraints]

fetters of

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breaking the fetters of convention

2SCJ chains that were put around a prisoner's feet in past times

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borstal cell chain chain gang concentration camp concurrent confinement convict correctional custodial sentence custody death row detainee detention detention centre dungeon fetter fetters governor guard gulag handcuff handcuffs incarcerate inmate inside intern internment jail jailbreak labour camp lifer oubliette parole(n) parole(v) pen penal penitentiary pillory pokey political prisoner porridge preventive detention prison prison camp prisoner prisoner of conscience prisoner of war punishment reformatory remission serve shackle(n) shackle(v) solitary solitary confinement stretch thumbscrew warden warder yardbird

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