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Noun straitjacket has 2 senses

• straitjacket(n = noun.cognition) Array - anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines; "they defected because Russian dance was in a straitjacket"; "the government is operating in an economic straitjacket"
is a kind of balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment

• straitjacket(n = noun.artifact) straightjacket - a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person; Array
is a kind of garment

THESAURUS

straitjacket

Oregon boat, anchor, bilbo, bind, bond, bonds, bridle, camisole, chain, chains, collar, cuffs, enchain, entrammel, fasten, fetter, gag, gyve, gyves, halter, hamper, handcuff, handcuffs, hobble, hobbles, hog-tie, hopple, hopples, irons, lash, leading strings, leash, make fast, manacle, moor, muzzle, peg down, picket, pillory, pin down, pinion, put in irons, reins, restrain, restraint, restraints, rope, secure, shackle, stocks, straightjacket, strait-waistcoat, stranglehold, strap, tether, tie, tie down, tie up, trammel, trammels, yoke

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