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Restriction

The act of restricting, or state of being restricted; confinement within limits or bounds.

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Circumscription 76% connected

An inscription written around anything.

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Classification 76% connected

The act of forming into a class or classes; a distibution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or affi…

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Constraint 76% connected

The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity.

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Freeze 76% connected

A frieze.

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Narrowness 76% connected

The condition or quality of being narrow.

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Quantification 76% connected

Modification by a reference to quantity; the introduction of the element of quantity.

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Restraint 76% connected

The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, phy…

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Specification 76% connected

The act of specifying or determining by a mark or limit; notation of limits.

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Stipulation 76% connected

The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.

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Regulating 76% connected

of Regulate

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Regulation 76% connected

The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.

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Restraint 76% connected

The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, phy…

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Rule 76% connected

That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a r…

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Bound 74% connected

of Bind

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Bound 74% connected

of Bind

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Control 74% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Control 74% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Limit 74% connected

That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a…

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Limit 74% connected

That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a…

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Confinement 92% connected

Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.

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Limitation 92% connected

The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council.

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