The act of constraining or the state of being constrained; constraint or restriction.
From constrain plus the noun suffix -ment, which creates nouns describing actions or states. This is an older or more formal alternative to 'constraint.'
Medieval jails literally used constrainment devices like iron chains and stocks—the word itself reminds us that constraint was often physical before it became psychological.
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