circumscription

Main Entry:
circumscription [sur-kuhm-skrip-shuhn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: restriction
Synonyms: check, confinement, constraint, curb, curbing, fetter, fetters, limit, limitation, restraint, trammel, trammels
Main Entry: boundary
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: outer limit
Synonyms: abuttals, ambit, barrier, beginning, border, borderland, borderline, bounds, brink, circumference, circumscription, compass, confines, edge, end, environs, extent, extremity, frame, fringe, frontier, hem, horizon, limits, line, line of demarcation, march, margin, mark, mere, mete, outline, outpost, pale, perimeter, periphery, precinct, purlieus, radius, rim, side, skirt, terminal, termination, terminus, verge
Antonyms: inside, interior, minimum
Main Entry: circuit
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: revolution, track, boundary
Synonyms: ambit, area, bounds, circle, circling, circulation, circumference, circumnavigation, circumscription, circumvolution, compass, course, cycle, district, gyration, gyre, journey, lap, limit, line, orbit, perambulation, perimeter, periphery, range, region, round, route, tour, tract, turn, turning, twirl, way, wheel, whirl, wind, winding, zone
Main Entry: compass
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: boundary, periphery
Synonyms: ambit, area, bound, circle, circuit, circumference, circumscription, confines, domain, enclosure, environs, expanse, extent, field, limit, limitation, orbit, perimeter, precinct, purlieus, purview, radius, range, reach, realm, restriction, round, scope, sphere, stretch, sweep, zone
Main Entry: confinement
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: imprisonment; restriction
Synonyms: bonds, bounding, bounds, check, circumscription, coercion, constrainment, constraint, control, cramp, curb, custody, delimitation, detention, immuration, incarceration, internment, jail, keeping, limitation, repression, safekeeping, trammels
Antonyms: freedom, liberation
Main Entry: constraint
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: restriction
Synonyms: arrest, captivity, check, circumscription, confinement, constrainment, cramp, curb, damper, detention, deterrent, hindrance, limitation, restraint
Antonyms: allowance, permission
Main Entry: cramp
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: muscle spasm
Synonyms: ache, charley horse, circumscription, confinement, constipation, contraction, convulsion, crick, hindrance, impediment, kink, obstruction, pain, pang, restriction, shooting pain, stiffness, stitch, stricture, twinge
Main Entry: limit
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: greatest extent
Synonyms: absolute, bitter end, border, bottom line, bound, bourne, breaking point, brim, brink, cap, ceiling, check, circumscription, conclusion, confinement, confines, curb, cutoff point, deadline, destination, edge, end, end point, extremity, far out, farthest point, farthest reach, fence, finality, goal, limitation, margin, maximum, obstruction, restraint, restriction, rim, termination, the max, the most, tops, ultimate, utmost, verge
Notes: delimit means to draw the boundaries or limits of something; limit (noun) means the greatest possible degree of something or the point beyond which something cannot or may not proceed - limit (verb) means to restrict or confine
limit marks an end to something; limitation is the extent of one's capacity or a constraint that stops something
Antonyms: infinity, limitlessness
Main Entry: reservation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: condition, stipulation
Synonyms: catch, circumscription, demur, doubt, fine print, grain of salt, hesitancy, kicker, provision, proviso, qualification, restriction, scruple, skepticism, string, strings, terms
Antonyms: openness
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