Synonyms for shackles
shack·les

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1. shacklesnoun

   Synonyms:
   fetter, manacles

2. shacklesnoun

   Restraints, (usually metal) often joined by a chain, placed around a prisoner's wrists or ankles to restrict their movement.

   Synonyms:
   manacles, fetter

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1. shackles

   Bonds may be of cord, leather, or any other substance that can bind; chains are of linked metal. Manacles and handcuffs are for the hands, fetters are primarily chains or jointed iron fastenings for the feet; gyves may be for either. A shackle is a metallic ring, clasp, or bracelet-like fastening for encircling and restraining a limb: commonly one of a pair, used either for hands or feet. Bonds, fetters, and chains are used in a general way for almost any form of restraint. Gyves is now wholly poetic, and the other words are mostly restricted to the literary style; handcuffs is the specific and irons the general term in popular usage; as, the prisoner was put in irons. Bonds, chains, and shackles are frequently used in the metaphorical sense.

   Synonyms:
   bondage, bonds, chains, custody, durance, duress, fetter, gyves, handcuffs, imprisonment, irons, manacles

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1. shacklesnoun

   Synonyms:
   fetters, gyves, irons, manacles, chains, hampers

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1. List of paraphrases for "shackles":

   fetters, chains, irons, handcuffs, cuffs, strings

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How to use shackles in a sentence?

1. Fischel Benkhald:

   It feels like shackles have been removed from me and I feel a great sense of liberty now.

2. Voltaire:

   ...So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.

3. Prashant Agarwal:

   Are you feeling overwhelmed? Do you want to break free from the shackles presented by the rigours of daily life? Do you dream of getting away from it all, going for a vacation, or simply quitting? The solution is not quitting. Abandoning the duties of life will not help you find peace of mind. What you need is to learn to manage all the aspects of your life well. Increase your capability, and you will never feel like quitting again.

4. Imam Ali, Peak of Eloquence (Nahjul Balagha):

   205. A greedy man will always find himself in the shackles of humility.

5. Henry Ward Beecher:

   Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.