fetter one's discretion
C1CEFR level
75/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister
To restrict a statutory discretion unlawfully by adopting a rigid policy and refusing to consider individual cases.
By applying a blanket rule, the board had fettered its discretion and failed to consider the applicant's circumstances.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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