Lockout

Full definition of lockout

Noun

1. The opposite of a strike, a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.
2. The action of installing a lock to keep someone out of an area, such as eviction of a tenant by changing the lock.
3. (computing) A situation where the system is not responding to input.

Antonyms

• (denial of work) strike; industrial peace