1 : a chain or shackle for the feet. 2 : something that confines : restraint. fetter.

: the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge.

verb (used with object), ex·tra·dit·ed, ex·tra·dit·ing. to give up (an alleged fugitive or criminal) to another state or nation at its request. to obtain the extradition of.

It never will save a man from sin; never break a fetter, or dash away a wine-cup. Wise people do not call that a strong fetter which is made of iron, wood, or hemp; far stronger is the care for precious stones and rings, for sons and a wife.

fretter in British English (ˈfrɛtə) a person who, or thing which, frets. an admitted fretter, his pals call him ‘Gloom Hume’

As nouns the difference between fetter and chain is that fetter is a chain or similar object used to bind a person or animal – often by its legs (usually in plural) while chain is a series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.

Abhidhamma Pitaka’s list of ten fetters

• sensual lust (Pali: kāma-rāga)
• anger (paṭigha)
• conceit (māna)
• views (diṭṭhi)
• doubt (vicikicchā)
• attachment to rites and rituals (sīlabbata-parāmāsa)
• lust for existence (bhava-rāga)
• jealousy (issā)

Some common synonyms of fetter are clog, hamper, manacle, shackle, and trammel. While all these words mean “to hinder or impede in moving, progressing, or acting,” fetter suggests a restraining so severe that freedom to move or progress is almost lost.

Fetter in a Sentence 🔉

1. Even though I am married, I do not see the commitment as a fetter that interferes with my identity.
2. The budget crisis is a fetter to the city’s plan for repairing the highways.
3. Whenever the man took his dog outside, he would place a fetter around the animal’s neck and tie it to a tree.

Below are five strategies I encourage students to use when they encounter new words in a text.

• Look at the parts of the word.
• Break down the sentence.
• Hunt for clues.
• Think about connotative meaning (ideas, feelings, or associations beyond the dictionary definition).

Heinous Sentence Examples But it did not stop the heinous acts he’s committing. A truly heinous looking skull says, “Look if you dare, but touch at your own risk.” What are those aggravations that make some sins more heinous than others?

Heinous crime means murder, assault, kidnapping, arson, burglary, robbery, rape or other sexual offense.

adjective. (of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime) utterly odious or wicked. ‘a battery of heinous crimes’

If you describe something such as a crime as heinous, you mean that it is extremely evil or horrible. [formal] They are capable of the most heinous acts. Synonyms: shocking, evil, monstrous, grave More Synonyms of heinous.

1 : to kill or destroy especially by fire. 2 : to offer in sacrifice especially : to kill as a sacrificial victim.

the fact of being reverberated or reflected. something that is reverberated: Reverberations from the explosion were felt within a six-mile radius. an act or instance of reverberating. the persistence of a sound after its source has stopped, caused by multiple reflection of the sound within a closed space.

Oliver Fretter died on June 29, 2014 at the age of 91.