All immobilization synonyms

noun immobilization

• restriction — something that restricts; a restrictive condition or regulation; limitation.
• jam — to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible: The ship was jammed between two rocks.
• obstruction — something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
• restraint — a restraining action or influence: freedom from restraint.
• stoppage — an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory.
• binding — A binding promise, agreement, or decision must be obeyed or carried out.
• leash — a chain, strap, etc., for controlling or leading a dog or other animal; lead.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• confinement — Confinement is the state of being forced to stay in a prison or another place which you cannot leave.
• curb — If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
• gridlock — the stoppage of free vehicular movement in an urban area because key intersections are blocked by traffic.
• lock — a tress, curl, or ringlet of hair.
• limit — the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
• hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• clogging — to hinder or obstruct with thick or sticky matter; choke up: to clog a drain.
• tie-up — a temporary stoppage or slowing of business, traffic, telephone service, etc., as due to a strike, storm, or accident.
• fetters — Plural form of fetter.