Release and Shackled

Release

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

Shackled is an antonym for release.

Nearby Words: released, releasing

Shackled

Shackled adjective - Bound by chains fastened around the ankles.

Release is an antonym for shackled in restrain topic.

Nearby Words: shackle, shack, shackling, shacked

Both words in one sentence

  • Cuffs Off, Rub Wrists When Darrel Conway of RWBY Reckoning is shackled to a chair, upon his release, the first thing he does is massage his wrists.
  • Something We Forgot After thwarting the villain, the party forgets to release Nodwick, who mentions that he'll probably need to find a way to break the top off the altar he's shackled to and roll the coin-shaped top back home.
  • Webcomic / Freefall Right after breakfast, the Mayor's assistant orders Sam's release, by which time he's already managed to evade his captors, which somehow involved balloon animals, a sausage chain, a tuba, and a flock of ducks... Waking up shackled to a chair is Florence's fourth worst wakeup call.
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