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limitation

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1. limitation - Noun

2. limitation - Verb

Meaning

The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council.

That which limits; a restriction; a qualification; a restraining condition, defining circumstance, or qualifying conception; as, limitations of thought.

A certain precinct within which friars were allowed to beg, or exercise their functions; also, the time during which they were permitted to exercise their functions in such a district.

A limited time within or during which something is to be done.

A certain period limited by statute after which the claimant shall not enforce his claims by suit.

A settling of an estate or property by specific rules.

A restriction of power; as, a constitutional limitation.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame. G. K. Chesterton

Using no way as a way, having no limitation as limitation. Bruce Lee

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion. George Eliot

The limitation upon this mode of promoting peace lies in the fact that it consists in an appeal to the civilized side of man, while war is the product of forces proceeding from man's original savage nature. Elihu Root

France and Italy have not yet signed this treaty or agreed to naval limitation as between those nations, but I have confidence that in time they will do so. Frank B. Kellogg

You can see my decision as either a distinctive factor or as a limitation. I don't feel it is a limitation. Ennio Morricone

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