Entry Word: restriction

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 something that limits oneʼs freedom of action or choice <my parents placed several restrictions on the party we were planning>

Synonyms check, condition, constraint, curb, fetter, limitation, restraint

Related Words exception, proviso, qualification, reservation, stipulation, strings

Near Antonyms freedom, latitude

2 the act or practice of keeping something (as an activity) within certain boundaries <the restriction of surfing to the southern end of the beach rankled some surfers>

Synonyms confinement, limitation

Related Words constraint, restraint; isolation, segregation