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restriction
noun
1 restriction
A principle that limits the extent of something:
— I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements.
synonym: limitation.
Roget 469:
qualification,
limitation,
modification,
coloring.
allowance,
grains of allowance,
consideration,
extenuating circumstances;
mitigation.
condition,
proviso,
prerequisite,
contingency,
stipulation,
provision,
specification,
sine qua non [Lat.];
catch,
string,
strings attached;
exemption;
exception,
escape clause,
salvo,
saving clause;
discount
etc.
813;
restriction;
fine print.
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Roget 706:
prevention,
preclusion,
obstruction,
stoppage;
embolus,
embolism [Med.];
infarct [Med.];
interruption,
interception,
interclusion†;
hindrance,
impedition†;
retardment†,
retardation;
embarrassment,
oppilation†;
coarctation†,
stricture,
restriction;
restraint
etc.
751;
inhibition
etc.
761;
blockade
etc.
(closure)
261.
interference,
interposition;
obtrusion;
discouragement,
discountenance.
impediment,
let,
obstacle,
obstruction,
knot,
knag†;
check,
hitch,
contretemps,
screw loose,
grit in the oil.
bar,
stile,
barrier;
[barrier to vehicles]
turnstile,
turnpike;
gate,
portcullis.
beaver dam;
trocha†;
barricade
etc.
(defense)
717;
wall,
dead wall,
sea wall,
levee breakwater,
groyne†;
bulkhead,
block,
buffer;
stopper
etc.
263;
boom,
dam,
weir,
burrock†.
drawback,
objection;
stumbling-block,
stumbling-stone;
lion in the path,
snag;
snags and sawyers.
encumbrance,
incumbrance†;
clog,
skid,
shoe,
spoke;
drag,
drag chain,
drag weight;
stay,
stop;
preventive,
prophylactic;
load,
burden,
fardel†,
onus,
millstone round one's neck,
impedimenta;
dead weight;
lumber,
pack;
nightmare,
Ephialtes†,
incubus,
old man of the sea;
remora.
difficulty
etc.
704;
insuperable
etc.
471;
obstacle;
estoppel [Law];
ill wind;
head wind
etc.
(opposition)
708;
trammel,
tether
etc.
(means of restraint)
752;
hold back,
counterpoise.
[person who hinders]
damper,
wet blanket,
hinderer,
marplot,
killjoy;
party pooper [Coll.];
party crasher,
interloper.
trail of a red herring;
opponent
etc.
710.
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Roget 751:
restraint;
hindrance
etc.
706;
coercion
etc.
(compulsion)
744;
cohibition†,
constraint,
repression,
suppression;
discipline,
control.
confinement;
durance,
duress;
imprisonment;
incarceration,
coarctation†,
entombment,
mancipation†,
durance vile,
limbo,
captivity;
blockade.
arrest,
arrestation†;
custody,
keep,
care,
charge,
ward,
restringency†.
curb
etc.
(means of restraint)
752;
lettres de cachet [Fr.].
limitation,
restriction,
protection,
monopoly;
prohibition
etc.
761.
prisoner
etc.
754;
repressionist†.
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Roget 761:
prohibition,
inhibition;
veto,
disallowance;
interdict,
interdiction;
injunction,
estoppel [Law];
embargo,
ban,
taboo,
proscription;
index expurgatorius [Lat.];
restriction
etc.
(restraint)
751;
hindrance
etc.
706;
forbidden fruit;
Maine law [U.S.].
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Polish: limitacja
2 restriction
An act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation).
synonym: limitation.
Dutch: beknotting, beperking, inperking, limitatie, restrictie, terugdringing
Polish: ograniczenie
3 restriction
The act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary):
— The restriction of the infection to a focal area.
synonym: confinement.
Polish: restrykcja
Moby thesaurus: allowance, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, ban, bar, barring, blockade, blockage, blocking, boundary, bounds, boycott, brake, caging, cession, check, circumscription, clogging, closeness, closing up, closure, concession, condition, confinement, constraint, constriction, continence, control, cramp, cramping, crowdedness, curb, debarment, debarring, delay, demarcation, detainment, detention, discipline, embargo, exception, exclusion, exemption, extenuating circumstances, fixation, foot-dragging, grain of salt, grant, hair, hairbreadth, hairsbreadth, hampering, hedge, hedging, hindering, hindrance, holdback, holdup, impediment, impoundment, inadmissibility, incapaciousness, incommodiousness, inhibition, injunction, interference, interruption, let, limit, limitation, lockout, lockup, mental reservation, moderation, modification, narrow gauge, narrowing, narrowness, nearness, negativism, nonadmission, nuisance value, obstruction, obstructionism, occlusion, omission, opposition, penning, preclusion, prescription, prohibition, proscription, provision, proviso, qualification, rejection, relegation, repression, repudiation, reservation, resistance, restrain, restraint, restrictedness, retardation, retardment, salvo, setback, slenderness, special case, special treatment, specialness, specification, squeeze, stint, stipulation, straitness, stranglehold, strictness, stricture, suppression, taboo, tight squeeze, tightness, waiver ... show more.
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