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circumscription

noun as in restriction

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Of that mystery, of that local circumscription—in what sense it was effected, in what sense not effected, we know nothing.

Aveyron belongs to the 16th military region, and to the acadmie or educational circumscription of Toulouse.

One short distribution and circumscription of historical ages will soon place matters in a more hopeful aspect.

The defect in the work of the Dialect Society lies in a somewhat similar circumscription of activity.

In educational matters it falls within the circumscription of the acadmie of Toulouse.

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On this page you'll find 32 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to circumscription, such as: check, confinement, constraint, curb, curbing, and fetter.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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