Handcuff and Release

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Handcuff verb - To confine or restrain with or as if with chains.

Usage example: wanted to take the trip, but was handcuffed by her responsibility to watch her ailing father

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Release is an antonym for handcuff in hamper topic.

Nearby Words: handcuffed, handcuffing

Release verb - To set free (from a state of being held in check).

Usage example: the losing player released his anger with a great yell of frustration

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Handcuff is an antonym for release.

Nearby Words: released, releasing

people	handcuff people	release people
prisoners	handcuff prisoners	release prisoners

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