restriction
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a principle that limits the extent of something
I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements
Types & categories
- rule hypernym
- narrowness hyponym
- quantification hyponym
- restraint hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)
Types & categories
- regulating hypernym
- load-shedding hyponym
- arms control hyponym
- hold-down hyponym
- freeze hyponym
- clampdown hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
the restriction of the infection to a focal area
Types & categories
- restraint hypernym
- classification hyponym
- stipulation hyponym
- circumscription hyponym
- constraint hyponym
Related & opposite
- throttle derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | throttle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | limit |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | rule |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | narrowness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | quantification |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | restraint |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | throttle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | limit |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | restrict |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | restrict |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | regulating |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | load-shedding |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | arms control |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hold-down |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | freeze |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | clampdown |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | throttle |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | restraint |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | classification |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | stipulation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | circumscription |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | constraint |