noun
When those shackles went round his ankles, he thought he'd never see them taken off
When shall we throw off the shackles of ignorant prejudice and see a truly free world?
verb
He was shackled to the mast and whipped for disobedience. In this glorious spring weather I resent being shackled to a desk
Freedom of expression has been shackled during all those years of oppression
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