Restriction

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of restricting.
  • n. The state of being restricted.
  • n. Something that restricts; a regulation or limitation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of restricting, or the state of being restricted.
  • n. A regulation or limitation that restricts.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of restricting, or state of being restricted; confinement within limits or bounds.
  • n. That which restricts; limitation; restraint.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of restricting, or the state of being restricted; limitation; confinement within bounds: as, grounds open to the public without restriction.
  • n. That which restricts; a restraint: as, to impose restrictions on trade.
  • n. Reservation; reserve.
  • n. In logic:
  • n. The act of limiting a proposition by a restrictive particle.
  • n. The inference from a universal to a particular proposition, or to one in which the subject is narrower while the predicate remains the same: as, all crows are black, hence some white crows are black. The example illustrates the danger of such inference.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a principle that limits the extent of something
  • n. an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)
  • n. the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
  • Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    limitation    restraint   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    regulation    limitation    restraint    constraint    requirement    prohibition    legislation    obligation    policy    tax