straitjacket
Asylum patient's restraint
A straitjacket is a garment used to restrain someone, typically in psychiatric settings—a jacket with long sleeves that wrap around the body and tie in back, immobilizing the arms.
Figuratively, anything that severely restricts freedom or movement: Rigid regulations became a straitjacket on innovation.
Also spelled straightjacket, though strait (meaning narrow or confining) is the original element.
Strap-fastening devices
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- sleevesGarment's arm portions
- fasteningsDevices that secure together
- linenFlax-derived textile
straps · restraint · institutional · hospital · asylum · padded · binding · wrap
Famous escape artist
- liberationRelease from constraint
- wriggleTwisting, snakelike movement
- contortionUnnatural twisting or bending
- flexibilityAbility to adapt easily
breakout · extricate · disentangle · escapology · unlock · release · slip · maneuver
State of being restricted
- restrictionLimit on action
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
- immobilizationPreventing movement entirely
- bindingLegally or morally required
control · containment · limitation · suppression · inhibition · bondage · captivity · incapacitation
Shelter from persecution
- institutionEstablished organization or custom
- wardProtected person; division
- patientAble to wait calmly
- mental illnessDisorder affecting cognition or mood
psychosis · mania · violent · sedation · treatment · padded cell · commitment · involuntary
Limiting condition or rule
- limitationBound on extent
- rigidityState of being unbending
- inflexibilityQuality of being unbending
- restrictionLimit on action
conformity · orthodoxy · bureaucracy · regulation · convention · dogma · stifling · suffocating
buckles
Strap-fastening devices
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- sleevesGarment's arm portions
- fasteningsDevices that secure together
linen · straps · restraint · institutional · hospital · asylum · padded · binding · wrap · closure
Houdini
Famous escape artist
- liberationRelease from constraint
- wriggleTwisting, snakelike movement
- contortionUnnatural twisting or bending
flexibility · breakout · extricate · disentangle · escapology · unlock · release · slip · maneuver · ingenuity
confinement
State of being restricted
- restrictionLimit on action
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
- immobilizationPreventing movement entirely
binding · control · containment · limitation · suppression · inhibition · bondage · captivity · incapacitation · securitization
asylum
Shelter from persecution
- institutionEstablished organization or custom
- wardProtected person; division
- patientAble to wait calmly
mental illness · psychosis · mania · violent · sedation · treatment · padded cell · commitment · involuntary · crisis
constraint
Limiting condition or rule
- limitationBound on extent
- rigidityState of being unbending
- inflexibilityQuality of being unbending
restriction · conformity · orthodoxy · bureaucracy · regulation · convention · dogma · stifling · suffocating · oppressive
- confinementcell, cage, prison, jail, imprisonment
- immobilityparalysis, stuck, trapped, immobilization, confinement
- insanityinsane, crazy, mad, lunatic, insanity
- madnessmadness, lunacy, insanity, mania, schizophrenia
- magic propsmagic wand, wand, top hat, cards, playing cards
- mind tropesmad scientist, mental breakdown, mind control, multiple personality, nervous breakdown
straitjacketfreedom of movement
Liberty to travel unimpeded
freedom · unbound · unfettered · free movement · liberty
straitjacketfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · autonomy · emancipation · independence · self-determination
straitjacketfreedom
Absence of constraint
flexibility · latitude · free hand · carte blanche · autonomy
- straitjacket escapeFreeing from binding garment