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restriction [rɪˈstrɪkʃən] n
1. something that restricts; a restrictive measure, law, etc. 2. the act of restricting or the state of being restricted 3. (Philosophy / Logic) (Mathematics) Logic Maths a condition that imposes a constraint on the possible values of a variable or on the domain of arguments of a function restrictionist n & adj ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
restriction noun 1. control, rule, condition, check, regulation, curb, restraint, constraint, confinement, containment, demarcation, stipulation the relaxation of travel restrictions 2. limitation, limit, handicap, constraint, inhibition the restrictions of urban living Translations restriction [rɪsˈtrɪkʃən] N → restricción f, limitación f without restriction as to → sin restricción de ... to place restrictions on the sale of a drug → poner limitaciones a la venta de una droga to place restrictions on sb's liberty → restringir la libertad de algn restriction [rɪˈstrɪkʃən] n (= limitation) [imports, sales, travel, amount, numbers, investment, growth] → restriction f travel restrictions → restrictions de voyage restrictions on sth restrictions on growth → restrictions à la croissance the lifting of restrictions on growth → la levée des restrictions à la croissance restrictions on imports → restrictions sur les importations the imposition of restrictions on weapons sales → l'imposition de restrictions sur les ventes d'armes The government placed restrictions on sales of weapons → Le gouvernement a imposé des restrictions à la vente d'armes. the lifting of restrictions on freedom of expression → la levée des restrictions de la liberté d'expression (= limiting, confining) [freedom, movement] → restriction f restriction n (→ etw gen) → Beschränkung f; (of freedom, authority also) → Einschränkung f; (on time, number also) → Begrenzung f; to place restrictions on something → etw beschränken or einschränken; restrictions of space → räumliche Beschränktheit; without restrictions → uneingeschränkt; speed restriction (Mot) → Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung f → or -beschränkung f; price restriction → Preisbeschränkung f restriction [rɪˈstrɪkʃ/ən] n → limitazione f, restrizione f to place restrictions on sth → imporre delle restrizioni su qc speed restriction (Aut) → limite m di velocità restriction [rɪˈstrɪkʃ/ən] n → limitazione f, restrizione f to place restrictions on sth → imporre delle restrizioni su qc speed restriction (Aut) → limite m di velocità How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Her income was not her own, she said, with such perpetual claims on it; and it was the more unkind in my father, because, otherwise, the money would have been entirely at my mother's disposal, without any restriction whatever. In noveldom woman still sets the moral standard, and to her the males, who are in full revolt against the acceptance of the infatuation of a pair of lovers as the highest manifestation of the social instinct, and against the restriction of the affections within the narrow circle of blood relationship, and of the political sympathies within frontiers, are to her what she calls heartless brutes. The essential characteristic of the first is said to be, the restriction of its authority to the members in their collective capacities, without reaching to the individuals of whom they are composed. |
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