1. confined or restricted by chains, shackles, or other physical restraints
2. limited or prevented from acting freely; constrained by rules, obligations, or circumstances
Usage: figurative

1. to put chains or shackles on someone; to bind with fetters
2. to restrict or limit someone's freedom or ability to act
Usage: figurative

Examples

• The prisoner was fettered with heavy iron chains.
• She felt fettered by the strict rules of her family.
• The company's growth was fettered by outdated technology.
• They fettered the horse to prevent it from wandering away.
• His creativity was not fettered by conventional thinking.
• The government fettered the press with new censorship laws.
• Despite being fettered by poverty, he pursued his education.
• The ancient slave was finally freed from his fetters.