1. Not bound by shackles and chains
   "The unchained dog ran freely through the park";
   - unfettered, unshackled, untied
    
2. [informal] (music) performed or played with intense freedom or energy
   "The guitarist's unchained solo brought the crowd to their feet"

1. Release from constraints or restrictions
   "The new policy unchained businesses from excessive regulation"
    
2. Remove the chains from
   "They unchained the dog from its kennel"

See also: unbound

Type of: free, liberate, loose, release, unfasten, unloose, unloosen

Antonym: chain

Encyclopedia: Unchained