enchainment

noun

Definition of enchainmentnext
as in enslavement

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enchainment
  1. restriction
  2. confinement
  3. chain
  4. incarceration
  5. captivity
  6. constraint
  7. hindrance
  8. restraint
Noun
  • Colorado lawmakers have placed restrictions on such arrangements in recent years, drawing lawsuits from Douglas and El Paso counties.
    John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Will Republican lawmakers continue to use the myth of widespread voter fraud to implement further restrictions on mail-in and early voting?
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of restriction
Noun
  • One of the those calculation is stated as being when a person is eligible for home confinement.
    Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Richard Lowell Jones was sentenced to three years’ probation, with the first six months on home confinement, as well as restitution to the city of 8,500 totaling $27,232.70.
    Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2024
Definition of confinement
Noun
  • Their cutbacks on spending forced a reckoning among restaurants, with fast-food brands like McDonald’s leaning into value menus and full-service chains like Red Lobster embarking on ambitious makeovers.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Taco Bell has been proactive in using social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram (META) to engage with users, and the Tex-Mex chain has even gone so far as to let customers vote through the Taco Bell app on which menu items should make a comeback.
    Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of chain
Noun
  • Breslin ran on a platform focused on reducing violent crime and reducing incarceration for nonviolent offenders with substance abuse and mental health issues.
    Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Finally, Proposition 36 in California would increase penalties for drug possession and low-level theft, repealing parts of a 2014 ballot measure that reclassified these felonies as misdemeanors in an effort to reduce incarceration.
    Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of incarceration
Noun
  • This cub will likely stay in captivity due to its condition, according to officials.
    John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Petro Yatsenko, spokesperson for the Ukrainian Coordination Center for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, said in a statement that some 25 Ukrainian journalists were being held in Russian captivity, and several others are considered missing.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 13 Oct. 2024
Definition of captivity
Noun
  • The report highlights risks related to economic conditions, supply chain constraints, and competition.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Loading your audio article SAN JOSE — Dozens of parents and their children gathered Thursday evening to protest potential closures in Berryessa Union School District and ask officials to consider alternative solutions for budget constraints.
    Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of constraint
Noun
  • With much of its rugged terrain a hindrance to agriculture, mercenaries became a primary export.
    Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • But for others, collaboration can feel like a hindrance, not a help.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of hindrance
Noun
  • But those seeking restraint and something more clever than the usual carnage will find this talky (in a good way) creeper offers more to chew on than the genre norm.
    Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Perched on a drum riser, Carey balanced forcefulness and restraint, heaviness and subtlety, density and spaciousness.
    Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of restraint
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