pinion

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of PINION

to confine or restrain with or as if with chains <Joan of Arc was pinioned to a stake and burned as a heretic>

Synonyms chain, enchain, enfetter, fetter, gyve, handcuff, manacle, pinion, shackle, trammel

Related Words bit, hobble, hog-tie, iron, lash, secure, tie, truss; attach, fasten, join, link; confine, constrain, curb, hamper, hinder, impede; limit, restrict; entangle, tangle

Near Antonyms emancipate, free, liberate, loose, release, rescue; undo, unfasten, untangle, untie; detach, disengage

Antonyms unbind, unfetter, unshackle

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