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To draw a fence around freedom and call it order.
means To limit or keep something within set bounds, denying it full range or access.
from From Latin restringere, to bind back tight — re- (back) plus stringere (to draw tight), the same root that gives us strict, strain, and stringent rope-pulling.
Sibling wordShares roots with strict and stringent.
Bodily echoA restricted artery is literally drawn too tight.
Legal cousinRestrictive covenants once fenced off whole neighborhoods.