| limitation | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. limitation, restriction | a principle that limits the extent of something.; "I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements" |
| ~ rule, regulation | a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior.; "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation" |
| ~ narrowness | a restriction of range or scope.; "the problem with achievement tests is the narrowness they impose on students"; "the attraction of the book is precisely its narrowness of focus"; "frustrated by the narrowness of people's horizons" |
| ~ quantification | a limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers `some' or `all' or `no'). |
| ~ restraint | a rule or condition that limits freedom.; "legal restraints"; "restraints imposed on imports" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. limitation | the quality of being limited or restricted.; "it is a good plan but it has serious limitations" |
| ~ disadvantage | the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position. |
| n. (quantity) | 3. limit, limitation | the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed.; "there are limits on the amount you can bet"; "it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight" |
| ~ indefinite quantity | an estimated quantity. |
| ~ peak, extremum | the most extreme possible amount or value.; "voltage peak" |
| ~ cutoff | a designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated. |
| n. (time) | 4. limitation | (law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought.; "statute of limitations" |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| ~ time limit | a time period within which something must be done or completed. |
| n. (act) | 5. limitation, restriction | an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation). |
| ~ regulating, regulation | the act of controlling or directing according to rule.; "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians" |
| ~ load-shedding | cutting off the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply. |
| ~ arms control | a limitation on the size and armament of the armed forces of a country. |
| ~ hold-down | a limitation or constraint.; "taxpayers want a hold-down on government spending" |
| ~ freeze | fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level.; "a freeze on hiring" |
| ~ clampdown | sudden restriction on an activity. |
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