curb
curb
nounDefinition of CURB
something that limits one's freedom of action or choice <these international regulations act as a curb on the plundering of a nation's archaeological treasures>
Synonyms check, circumscription, condition, constraint, curb, fetter, limitation, restraint, stricture
Related Words exception, proviso, qualification, reservation, stipulation, strings; ban, prohibition, proscription
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