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🕊️ Freed from control 🐂 Not joined together 🐴 To remove a yoke
unyoked

unyoked

8.2
Free from control or rule by other people
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈjoʊkt/
translation icon : liberado
  • After years of working for the same company, she finally felt unyoked and free to pursue her dreams.

Examples

  • Once the partnership dissolved, he felt unyoked and ready to explore new opportunities on his own.

  • I know you all, and will awhile uphold the unyoked humor of your idleness.

    29th and Gay (2005)

  • Many individuals find themselves unyoked from societal expectations as they embrace their true identities.

Synonyms

unbound
vsunyoked
5 5.2

Not tied or held, able to move and act freely

focuses on freedom from rules and authority rather than general untied state
unchained
vsunyoked
3 4.4

Not held by chains and free to act or feel as you want

suggests being free of authority or ties rather than only physical release
unshackled
vsunyoked
2 5.7

Free from chains or things that hold someone back

implies freedom from control or obligation rather than just removing chains
uncoupled
vsunyoked
1 4.9

Not joined to something it was attached to before

is about leaving authority or partnership ties rather than mere physical separation
unassociated
vsunyoked
1 4.9

Not connected or related to something else, like two separate events

is separation from a system or authority rather than simple lack of links
unregimented
vsunyoked
6.7

Not kept to strict rules and giving people freedom to choose

is freedom from control, obligation, or close authority ties
untethered from
vsunyoked
7.0

Free from any tie and able to move or act freely

is release from control or obligation rather than only loss of a physical tie
untrapped
vsunyoked
4.8

Free from something that holds you so you can move or act

means freed from control or obligation rather than escaping a trap
unentangled
vsunyoked
4.6

Free from knots and tangles and easy to understand, like a necklace

denotes lack of complication rather than separation from authority or ties

Antonyms

bound
  • Formal
23 6.0

Required to do something by law, duty, or agreement

How Free

autonomous
51 6.3
independent
984 2.3
unyoked
8.2
separated
1.0
attached
3.5
bound
  • Formal
23 6.0

Surface Forms

unyoked positive

Morphology

unyoked = unyoke (semi-transparent) = un + yoke + ed

Formed by adding -ed to 'unyoke' (which itself is 'un-' + 'yoke'); the sense 'freed from control' is a metaphorical extension of the physical sense and may not be obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Unyoked comes from un- meaning 'not' or 'to remove' and yoke, a wooden bar that joined animals and so came to mean a heavy 'burden' or close control. So unyoked means freed from that control or obligation.