manacling
Fastening with irons
Manacling is the act of putting manacles—metal shackles or restraints—on someone's wrists.
The word appears in both literal and figurative contexts: Guards were manacling the prisoners or bureaucracy manacling innovation.
The image evokes restriction of movement or freedom.
Locking wrist restraints
- shacklesMetal bonds for prisoners
- fettersAnkle restraints, often metal
- chainsLinked metal restraints
- ironsRestraints or golf clubs
cuffs · restraints · clamps · binds · hobbles · trammels · tethers · pinioning
Basic unit of life
- dungeonSubterranean prison chamber
- prisonConfinement for offenders
- jailDetention facility
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
detention · custody · captive · inmate · detainee · warden · penitentiary · lockup
Limiting condition or rule
- restrictionLimit on action
- limitationBound on extent
- hindranceBarrier to progress
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
impediment · burden · binding · hamstringing · hobbling · crippling · stifling · paralysis
Oppressive, absolute governance
- subjugationForcing into submission
- enslavementForced human ownership
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
coercion · domination · persecution · exploitation · captivity · subjection · disempowerment · subordination
handcuffs
Locking wrist restraints
irons · cuffs · restraints · clamps · binds · hobbles · trammels · tethers · pinioning · securing
cell
Basic unit of life
incarceration · detention · custody · captive · inmate · detainee · warden · penitentiary · lockup · gaol
constraint
Limiting condition or rule
- restrictionLimit on action
- limitationBound on extent
- hindranceBarrier to progress
encumbrance · impediment · burden · binding · hamstringing · hobbling · crippling · stifling · paralysis · entrapment
tyranny
Oppressive, absolute governance
- subjugationForcing into submission
- enslavementForced human ownership
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
suppression · coercion · domination · persecution · exploitation · captivity · subjection · disempowerment · subordination · control
- chainscable chain, rope chain, cuban link, ball chain, roller chain
manaclingunshackling
Removing fetters or constraints
freeing · releasing · unchaining · unfettering · unbinding
manaclingliberating
Setting free from constraint
emancipating · freeing · releasing · enfranchising · setting free
shackle, handcuff, manacles, manacle, shackling, handcuffing, manacled, fettering