1. to remove shackles or chains from; to free from physical restraints
2. to free from restrictions, limitations, or oppressive conditions
Usage: figurative

Examples

• The guard unshackles the prisoner before the court hearing.
• The new law unshackles small businesses from excessive regulations.
• Education unshackles the mind from ignorance and prejudice.
• The revolution unshackles the people from decades of oppression.
• Technology unshackles workers from traditional office constraints.
• The therapist helps patients unshackle themselves from past trauma.