Synonyms for limitation
ˌlɪm ɪˈteɪ ʃənlim·i·ta·tion

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1. limitationnoun

   Antonyms:
   limitelessness

2. limitationnoun

   Antonyms:
   limitelessness

3. limitationnoun

   Antonyms:
   limitelessness

4. limitationnoun

   Antonyms:
   limitelessness

5. limitationnoun

   The lawyer obtained impunity by dragging his obviously guilty client's case beyond the 10 years limitation

   Antonyms:
   limitelessness

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1. restriction, limitationnoun

   a principle that limits the extent of something

   "I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements"

   Synonyms:
   confinement, restriction, limit

2. limitationnoun

   the quality of being limited or restricted

   "it is a good plan but it has serious limitations"

   Synonyms:
   restriction, limit

3. limit, limitationnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   demarcation line, limit point, demarcation, terminus ad quem, bound, restriction, terminal point, limit, boundary, point of accumulation

4. limitationnoun

   (law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought

   "statute of limitations"

   Synonyms:
   restriction, limit

5. limitation, restrictionnoun

   an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)

   Synonyms:
   confinement, restriction, limit

Matched Categories

1. • Disadvantage
   • Indefinite Quantity
   • Law
   • Regulation
   • Time Limit

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1. limitationnoun

   Synonyms:
   restriction, restraint

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1. limitationnoun

   Synonyms:
   limit, restriction, restraint, circumscription, finitude

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1. List of paraphrases for "limitation":

   restriction, limit, limiting, restrictions, constraint, limitations, prescription, limits, prescribing, curtailment, control, restraint, constraints, limiter, limited, restrict, restricting, restricted, requirement, containment, reduction

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1. Judson Mitcham:

   I don't see how anyone could fail to be troubled and moved by the stockade, with its deadlines, escape tunnels and Providence Spring, that subtext of such clean, well-kept grounds is chaos and human limitation, and I can't walk across the stockade field without feeling challenged and defeated by its awful irony. Even the sky looks different from there.

2. Cheikh Tidiane Ndour:

   When you are registered, you are registered for life, that, I think, needs to change. The duration. There is no limitation, and somewhere, even if you stop pursuing this profession, your great-grandchildren can find your name somewhere, and that is a problem.

3. Lauren Spencer:

   We're able to live our lives as fruitfully as we can in spite of having some level of limitation, we're able to thrive, be entrepreneurs, be influencers and live to the best ability. I'm living my best life as much as I can with what I have.

4. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.:

   The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility.

5. Peter Altmaier:

   We are ready to talk to all the companies concerned about what we can do to minimize the negative consequences, that means, it is concretely about damage limitation.