restrictions

NOUN

limit

Synonyms

STRONGEST

check condition constraint control curb regulation restraint rule stipulation stricture

STRONG

bounds brake catch circumscription confinement containment contraction cramp custody demarcation glitch hang-up inhibition limitation limits lock qualification reservation stint string

WEAK

ball and chain excess baggage fine print grain of salt no-no small difficulty stumbling block

Antonyms

STRONGEST

allowance liberation permission

STRONG

advantage freedom help

WEAK

enlargement expansion release

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restrictions

Last Friday, the commission decided that the march could go ahead with restrictions in place.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Despite these restrictions, pharmaceutical companies have still found their drugs being used in some executions and have sued states as a result.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

The Group of Seven major economies on Friday agreed to release 100 million barrels of crude oil and fuel from their emergency stocks and forgo export restrictions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

McKinsey’s Kelkar called it “impossible” to abide by the FCC’s restrictions without onshoring actuator manufacturing.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Mary didn’t have the power to remove the limits that society imposed on her girls, but it was her duty, she felt, to help pry off the restrictions they might place on themselves.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly