unbridle

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ bridle.

Verb

unbridle (third-person singular simple present unbridles, present participle unbridling, simple past and past participle unbridled)

1. (transitive) To remove the bridle, and other tack, from (a horse or other animal).
2. (transitive, figurative) To remove restraint from.

   If we unbridle our greed and lust we will be nothing but animals.

Translations

To remove the bridle

• Catalan: desembridar (ca), desbridar (ca)
• Esperanto: senbridigi
• French: débrider (fr)
• German: abzäumen (de)

To remove restraint

• French: débrider (fr)
• Italian: sfrenare (it)

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