circumscription
circumscription
nounDefinition of CIRCUMSCRIPTION
1
something that limits one's freedom of action or choice <such circumscriptions on the freedom of speech are antithetical to a free and open society>
Synonyms check, circumscription, condition, constraint, curb, fetter, limitation, restraint, stricture
Related Words exception, proviso, qualification, reservation, stipulation, strings; ban, prohibition, proscription
2
the act or practice of keeping something (as an activity) within certain boundaries <electronic monitoring bracelets are sometimes used to impose a circumscription of movement on people awaiting trial>
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