v
Alternative form of astrict [(transitive) To bind, constrain, or restrict.]
n
Alternative form of astriction [The act of binding; restriction; obligation.]
adj
Alternative form of astrictory
n
A restriction placed on an activity based on the age of the participants; either lower or higher limit.
n
The act or making narrow; a straitening or contracting.
v
(Scotland, law) To restrict the tenure of.
n
The act of binding; restriction; obligation.
n
(informal) A reduction in expenditure, often as a result of financial restrictions.
adj
Confined or restricted to a certain place; e.g. railbound.
adj
Limited narrowly; restricted.
adj
Limited, circumscribed.
n
Anything that circumscribes or a circumscribed area.
adj
Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.
v
(obsolete) To restrain; to confine.
n
(obsolete) A confinement to a narrow space.
n
Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; used with within.
n
(rare, nonstandard) The quality of being confined.
adj
Restrictive; constricting.
adv
in a constrained manner; subject to constraint
n
Something that constrains; a restriction.
adj
(archaic) constraining; compulsory
v
(figuratively) To limit or restrict.
n
A narrow part of something; a stricture.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To constrict; to tighten.
n
That which is held together with another thing.
adj
(obsolete) Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.
adj
Inhibited or restrained in one's words and actions.
n
(obsolete) Limitation; restriction.
n
That which confines or contracts.
n
The act or process by which something is distrained.
n
State of embracing, encompassing or including various items; inclusion.
v
(especially Northern England) To sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair.
v
(intransitive) To become firm; stabilise.
n
(countable) A predetermined limit that cannot be exceeded, as opposed to an amount that depends on circumstances.
n
(climatology, countable) The net flux of energy in or out of a system; the net change in an energy balance.
n
(computing) The deliberate limitation of a (digital) product or service so that it is only available to users in certain geographic regions.
v
(of a price) To change infrequently.
n
restraint (act or result of holding back, device that restrains)
n
Something that constrains one's actions because it is at risk.
n
(obsolete) Restriction; limitation.
n
A theory of judicial interpretation that encourages judges to limit the exercise of their own power, and to avoid striking down laws unless they are obviously unconstitutional.
n
(obsolete) That which is filed off; filings.
n
A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
adj
That limits or restricts.
adj
Bounded by a distinct line.
n
A restriction; a boundary, real or metaphorical, caused by some thing or some circumstance.
n
In management accounting, a constraint that limits the business from achieving a higher level of profitability.
adj
Involving a limit; limiting.
n
Obsolete form of limiter. [That which limits or confines.]
n
The restriction of a population to a certain area, but allowing free movement within that region, in order to prevent the spread of disease. Compare lockdown.
n
Obsolete form of limiter. [That which limits or confines.]
v
(transitive, obsolete) To limit; bound; divide or cause division in.
n
(countable) a constriction
n
That which constrains or obliges; obligation; bond.
adj
(obsolete) constrained; placed under obligation
n
(obsolete) Synonym of self-restraint, limiting of one's actions especially according to a moral code or social conventions.
n
The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting.
n
Synonym of restraining order
v
(figuratively, transitive) Synonym of restrict.
n
(machine learning) constraints and penalties imposed on a model to prevent it from overfitting
n
Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.
adj
Held back, limited, kept in check or under control.
adv
So as to restrain or hold back.
n
(countable) something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures
adj
(obsolete) Restricted.
n
A person who is subject to a restriction.
n
The act of restricting, or the state of being restricted.
adj
restrictive; serving to restrict
n
A supporter of placing restrictions on something.
adj
Confining, limiting, containing within defined bounds.
n
(law, business, derogatory) In antitrust law, any practice that restricts other business, such as price fixing, market sharing, monopolizing, or attempting to monopolize markets.
v
(obsolete) To confine; to contract; to stringe.
n
(obsolete) A restringent medicine.
n
(obsolete) That which retains or confines; a restraint.
adj
(programming) Limited to a particular scope.
n
(idiomatic) A strict set of rules, or great scrutiny or oversight which limit one's freedom of action.
n
One who or that which staunches.
n
The act by which something is stifled.
n
Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
n
(obsolete, nonce word) restraint; stoppage
v
(by extension) To restrict the freedom of, either physically or psychologically.
n
The act of strangling or the state of being strangled.
n
(US, law) A narrow interpretation of a law, especially a law that contains ambiguity
n
The act of constricting, or the state of being constricted.
n
(usually in the plural) A rule restricting behaviour or action.
adj
Compressed into a tiny area.
n
The act by which something is suppressed; a suppression.
n
Obsolete spelling of term [That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.]
n
That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.
v
to constrain, or to confine within set limits.
adj
(of time) Limited or restricted.
n
(countable) A particular limitation of one's freedom.
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