In hospital psychiatry, intervention to prevent an excited or violent patient from doing harm to self or others; may involve the use of a camisole (straightjacket). [O. Fr. restrainte]
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re·straint ri-'strānt n a device that restricts movement <\restraints such as straitjackets for violent patients>
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re·straint (re-strāntґ) the forcible confinement or control of a subject, as of a violently psychotic or irrational person.Medical dictionary. 2011.