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Definition[1]

fetter : (m.) anduka; nigaḷa. (f.) saṅkhalikā. (v.t.) rodheti; nigaḷeti; bandhati. (pp.) rodhita; nigaḷita; baddha.

Source
A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[2]

結 [py] jié [wg] chieh [ko] 결 kyŏl [ja] ケツ ketsu ||| (1) Tie up, join together, link. Restrain, shackle. The shackles of the afflictions; defilement. That which binds and fetters sentient beings. Delusion (samyojana). (2) A reference to the 'ten fetters' 十結: desire, anger, pride, false views, doubt, attachment to discipline, attachment to existence, jealousy, parsimony, ignorance. (3) A contract, a bond. (4) Give birth to, produce (pratisaṃdhi). To give fruit, to finish. (5) Rolled hair. (6) The fifth part of the five part syllogistic method of the Old School of Buddhist Logic 因明.

Definition[3]

fetters: The 10 f. binding to existence; s. saṃyojana.

Source
Buddhist Dictionary, Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines, by NYANATILOKA MAHATHERA
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