Put off being unwisely freed (5)
I believe the answer is:
defer
'put off' is the definition.
(I know that put off can be written as defer)
'unwisely freed' is the wordplay.
'unwisely' is an anagram indicator.
'freed' is an anagram of 'DEFER'.
'being' is the link.
(Other definitions for defer that I've seen before include "Give precedence to" , "Yield to authority" , "Put off, postpone" , "Yield to another's opinion" , "Deal with later" .)