restrictee

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

restrict +‎ -ee

Noun[edit]

restrictee (plural restrictees)

  1. A person who is subject to a restriction.
    • Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) (volume 7)
      The restrictee knows the reasons why he was restricted.
    • 1990, OASSSA. National Conference, Mary Hazelton, Nichola Schaay, Social services in a changing South Africa:
      The trauma of detention, solitary confinement and hunger strike begins to unfold and affect the mental health of the restrictee and also, needless to say, the interpersonal relationships in the family system.