Noun | 1. | ![]() rule, regulation - a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior; "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation" narrowness - a restriction of range or scope; "the problem with achievement tests is the narrowness they impose on students"; "the attraction of the book is precisely its narrowness of focus"; "frustrated by the narrowness of people's horizons" quantification - a limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers `some' or `all' or `no') restraint - a rule or condition that limits freedom; "legal restraints"; "restraints imposed on imports" |
2. | restriction - an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation) regulating, regulation - the act of controlling or directing according to rule; "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians" load-shedding - cutting off the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply arms control - a limitation on the size and armament of the armed forces of a country hold-down - a limitation or constraint; "taxpayers want a hold-down on government spending" freeze - fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a freeze on hiring" clampdown - sudden restriction on an activity | |
3. | restriction - the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary); "the restriction of the infection to a focal area" restraint - the act of controlling by restraining someone or something; "the unlawful restraint of trade" classification - restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people stipulation, specification - a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement circumscription - the act of circumscribing constraint - the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others |