Synonyms for restriction
rɪˈstrɪk ʃənre·stric·tion

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1. restriction

   A bar is something that is or may be firmly fixed, ordinarily with intent to prevent entrance or egress; as, the bars of a prison cell; the bars of a wood-lot. A barrier obstructs, but is not necessarily impassable. Barrier is used of objects more extensive than those to which bar is ordinarily applied. A mountain range may be a barrier to exploration; but a mass of sand across the entrance to a harbor is called a bar. Discovered falsehood is a bar to confidence. Barricade has become practically a technical name for an improvised street fortification, and, unless in some way modified, is usually so understood. A parapet is a low or breast-high wall, as about the edge of a roof, terrace, etc., especially, in military use, such a wall for the protection of troops; a rampart is the embankment surrounding a fort, on which the parapet is raised; the word rampart is often used as including the parapet. Bulwark is a general word for any defensive wall or rampart; its only technical use at present is in nautical language, where it signifies the raised side of a ship above the upper deck, topped by the rail. Compare BOUNDARY; IMPEDIMENT.

   Synonyms:
   bar, barricade, barrier, breastwork, bulwark, hindrance, obstacle, obstruction, parapet, prohibition, rampart, restraint

   Antonyms:
   admittance, entrance, opening, passage, road, thoroughfare, transit, way

   Preposition:
   A barrier to progress, against invasion; a barrier between nations.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.8 / 4 votes

1. restriction, limitationnoun

   a principle that limits the extent of something

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

   Synonyms:
   confinement, limitation, limit

2. limitation, restrictionnoun

   an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)

   Synonyms:
   confinement, limitation, limit

3. restriction, confinementnoun

   the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)

   "the restriction of the infection to a focal area"

   Synonyms:
   labour, confinement, parturiency, limitation, childbed, travail, lying-in, labor

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1. • Regulation

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1. restrictionnoun

   Synonyms:
   limitation, constraint, confinement, restraint

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. restrictionnoun

   Synonyms:
   restraint, constraint, confinement, repression, circumscription, limitation

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1. List of paraphrases for "restriction":

   limitation, restrictions, constraint, restrictiveness, restricting, restraint, limit, curtailment, restricted, limitations, restrict, restraining, limiting, restrictive, back-pressure, constraints

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How to use restriction in a sentence?

1. William Orville Douglas:

   Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us.

2. Frank Vogel:

   Honestly, if you’re out for this long, it usually takes a couple of weeks to feel like you really have your legs under you, and your rhythm and timing is back, it’s going to take some time, and as far as the minutes restriction, it’s really going to be evaluated on a day-by-day basis.

3. Jerica Berge:

   Parents who perceive their child as overweight may also engage in weight conversations with their child, such as telling their child that they are fat and need to lose weight, or, a parent may engage in food restriction behaviors if they perceive that their child is overweight.

4. Gu Meng:

   (The restriction) will further squeeze profit margins at steel mills after Vale's accident has already driven up iron ore prices.

5. Josefina Vidal:

   Look back. When have you seen a negative response to the American government removing any type of restriction? what we say is, `Get rid of the excuse and put us to the test!