Restriction

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  • noun. The action of restricting or the state of being restricted.
  • noun. Something that restricts; a regulation or limitation.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of restricting, or the state of being restricted; limitation; confinement within bounds: as, grounds open to the public without restriction.
  • noun. That which restricts; a restraint: as, to impose restrictions on trade.
  • noun. Reservation; reserve.
  • noun. In logic:
  • noun. The act of limiting a proposition by a restrictive particle.
  • noun. 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of restricting, or state of being restricted; confinement within limits or bounds.
  • noun. That which restricts; limitation; restraint.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of restricting, or the state of being restricted.
  • noun. A regulation or limitation that restricts.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a principle that limits the extent of something
  • noun. an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)
  • noun. the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
  • Word Usage
    "Indeed, in conformity with the universal law of rhythm, _there has been a change from excess of restriction to deficiency of restriction_."
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