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.