| NOUN | cognition | restriction, limitation | a principle that limits the extent of something |
|---|---|---|---|
| act | restriction, limitation | an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation) | |
| act | restriction, confinement | the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary) |
| Sounds | riystrih'kshahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A principle that limits the extent of something. | |
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| Example | "I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements" | |
| Synonym | limitation | |
| Narrower | narrowness | A restriction of range or scope |
| quantification | A limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers 'some' or 'all' or 'no') | |
| restraint | A rule or condition that limits freedom | |
| Broader | rule, regulation | A principle or condition that customarily governs behavior |
| Spanish | cortapisa, limitación, restricción | |
| Meaning | An act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | limitation | |
| Narrower | arms control | A limitation on the size and armament of the armed forces of a country |
| clampdown | sudden restriction on an activity | |
| freeze | fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level | |
| hold-down | A limitation or constraint | |
| load-shedding | cutting off the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply | |
| Broader | regulation, regulating | The act of controlling or directing / directing according to rule |
| Spanish | limitación, restricción | |
| Catalan | limitació, restricció | |
| Verbs | restrict | place limits on (extent or access) |
| restrict | place restrictions on | |
| restrict | place under restrictions | |
| Meaning | The act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary). | |
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| Example | "the restriction of the infection to a focal area" | |
| Synonym | confinement | |
| Narrower | circumscription | The act of circumscribing |
| classification | restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people | |
| constraint | The act of constraining | |
| stipulation, specification | A restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement | |
| Broader | restraint | The act of controlling by restraining someone or something |
| Spanish | restricción | |
| Catalan | restricció | |
| Verbs | restrict | place limits on (extent or access) |
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