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Another word for limitation

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limitation

n.

The act of limiting
restriction, obstruction, deprivation, hindrance, restraint, constraint, deterrence, control, determent, prohibition, repression, suppression, discouragement, interdiction, cutoff, interception, stoppage; see also arrest 2, interference 1, interruption, prevention.
Antonyms increase*, permission, toleration.
That which limits
condition, definition, qualification, reservation, control, curb, check, injunction, bar, obstruction, stricture, constraint, taboo, circumspection, inhibition, modification; see also arrest 1, barrier, boundary, impediment 1, refusal, restraint 2.
Antonyms freedom*, latitude, liberty*.
A shortcoming
inadequacy, insufficiency, deficiency, shortcoming, weakness, want, imperfection, weak spot, failing, fault, frailty, flaw, incompleteness; see also blemish, defect 2, lack 2.
Antonyms strength*, perfection*, ability*.

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Another word for limitation

noun

The act of limiting or condition of being limited:
circumscription, confinement, constraint, restraint, restriction. See limited
Something that limits or restricts:
check, circumscription, constraint, cramp², curb, inhibition, limit, restraint, restriction, stricture, trammel. See limited
The greatest amount or number allowed:
ceiling, limit, maximum. See limited

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Even with this limitation the subject is too vast for us to enter into details.
But this limitation is always taken for granted.
Was this limitation a reason for sacrificing the advantages we had gained?
All that it is necessary to assume is that the effects of the successive zones gradually diminish, whether from the increasing obliquity of the secondary ray or because (on account of the limitation of the region of integration) the zones become at last more and more incomplete.
Thus the limitation of the Milanese duchy under Filippo Maria Visconti, and its consolidation under Francesco Sforza, were equally effectual in preparing the balance of power to which Italian politics now tended.

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