fettering

The act by which something is fettered or constricted.

Noun

The act by which something is fettered or constricted.
- A good world needs knowledge, kindliness, and courage; it does not need a regretful hankering after the past, or a fettering of the free intelligence by the words uttered long ago by ignorant men. - 1927, Bertrand...
- Through this book's exploration of various kinds of fetterings and of one method for thinking beyond them, I want to demonstrate the unique and unfettered hope of the Christian faith. - 2003, Marva J. Dawn, Unfettered...