manacles

NOUN

fetters

Synonyms

STRONG

bonds captivity chains check cuffs curb handcuffs hindrance irons obstruction restraint shackles trammels

WEAK

bilboes

Antonyms

STRONG

aid assistance encouragement freedom help liberation promotion

NOUN

iron

Synonyms

STRONG

bond chain cuffs fetter handcuffs shackles

WEAK

leg irons

NOUN

restraint

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ban constraint curb embargo limit prohibition reduction restriction

STRONG

abridgment arrest bar barrier bondage bridle captivity chains check command confinement cramp decrease deprivation detention determent deterrence fetters hindrance impediment imprisonment instruction interdict obstacle obstruction order pinions rein repression rope stop stoppage straitjacket string taboo weight

Antonyms

STRONGEST

allowance enlargement permission

STRONG

advantage aid assistance beginning continuation encouragement expansion freedom go help independence indulgence liberation liberty license promotion release start support

WEAK

agitation arousal wildness

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Many of the company had been bruised and battered as they tumbled along the listing deck and slid down manropes into the lifeboat.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was already dark; a sailor was standing by the manropes with a lantern; the captain was saying in a grumbling tone, "Very late, sir."

From Overland by De Forest, J. W. (John William)

The manropes that formed a handrail around the platform were lowered.

From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.

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