straitjacket

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Noun straitjacket has 2 senses

straitjacket - anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines; "they defected because Russian dance was in a straitjacket"; "the government is operating in an economic straitjacket"
--₁ is a kind of hindrance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap
straitjacket, straightjacket - a jacket-like garment used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person
--₂ is a kind of garment

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