restriction

Noun

Meaning

The act of restricting, or state of being restricted; confinement within limits or bounds.

That which restricts; limitation; restraint; as, restrictions on trade.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

limitation control term rule pressure reserve cap conditionality limit condition bound bar boundary check regulation
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Antonyms

commission fiat liberty ministry medallion freehold
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Hypernyms

rule regulation restraint regulating

Hyponyms

cap classification specification freeze restraint constraint

Phrases with the word

without restriction able to breathe without restriction oral restriction tongue restriction speed restriction age restriction

Examples

Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us. William O. Douglas

With a higher moral nature will come a restriction on the multiplication of the inferior. Herbert Spencer

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit. It is never a narrowing of the mind or a restriction of the human spirit or the country's spirit. Jawaharlal Nehru

The restriction of studies of human intellect and character to studies of conscious states was not without influence on a scientific studies of animal psychology. Edward Thorndike

The whole basis of the Constitution was a restriction of power, and the whole basis of the federalist system was that there was not one sovereign centralized power from which all authority flows. Roy Moore

Poverty is restriction and as such, it is the greatest injustice you can perpetrate upon yourself. Stuart Wilde

Close letter words and terms

restrictee restricting restricting trade restriction endonuclease restriction enzyme restriction enzyme site located