straitjacket

[streyt-jak-it] / ˈstreɪtˌdʒæk ɪt /

NOUN

restraint

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ban constraint curb embargo limit prohibition reduction restriction

STRONG

abridgment arrest bar barrier bondage bridle captivity chains check command confinement cramp decrease deprivation detention determent deterrence fetters hindrance impediment imprisonment instruction interdict manacles obstacle obstruction order pinions rein repression rope stop stoppage string taboo weight

Antonyms

STRONGEST

allowance enlargement permission

STRONG

advantage aid assistance beginning continuation encouragement expansion freedom go help independence indulgence liberation liberty license promotion release start support

WEAK

agitation arousal wildness

Example Sentences

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“They took her away in a straitjacket, man,” he said in a 2009 interview with The Times.

From Los Angeles Times

In a lecture this week, she firmly committed to get debt falling in five years' time, taking on the same self imposed straitjacket that currently constrains the Conservative government.

From BBC

The current system "acts as a straitjacket to firms eager to expand, because they end up tiptoeing around it to avoid extra costs," said FSB Wales' Ben Cottam.

From BBC

Last month, Morgan said his show was leaving television to focus on the Uncensored YouTube channel, saying that daily, fixed TV schedules have been "an increasingly unnecessary straitjacket".

From BBC

“The Supreme Court was clear that Bruen did not create a regulatory straitjacket for states — and we believe that the district court got this wrong,” Bonta’s office said.

From Los Angeles Times

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