| Main Entry: | circumscription |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restriction |
Synonyms: |
check, confinement, constraint, curb, curbing, fetter, fetters, limit, limitation, restraint, trammel, trammels |
| Concept: | Circumscription. |
| Category: | 3. Centrical dimensions; general |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
circumscription, limitation, inclosure; confinement (restraint); circumvallation; encintcture; envelope., container (receptacle).
-verbs
circumscribe, limit, bound, confine, inclose; surround; compass about; imprison (restrain); hedge in, wall in, rail in; fence round, hedge round; picket; corral., enfold, bury, incase, pack up, enshrine, inclasp; wrap up (invest); embay, embosom.
-adjectives
circumscribed; begirt, lapt; buried in, immersed in; embosomed, in the bosom of, imbedded, encysted, mewed up; imprisoned; landlocked, in a ring fence.
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| 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 |