fettering

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of fetter

noun

1. 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.”

   “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.”