limiting
adjective
[ ˈlɪmɪtɪŋ ]
• setting or serving as a limit to something.
• "a limiting factor"
limit
verb
• set or serve as a limit to.
• "try to limit the amount you drink"
Similar:
restrict,
curb,
check,
place a limit on,
cap,
keep within bounds,
hold in check,
restrain,
put a brake on,
hold,
freeze,
peg,
regulate,
control,
govern,
delimit,
demarcate,
circumscribe,
ration,
arrest,
bridle,
inhibit,
damp (down),
fetter,
tie down,
trammel,
Opposite:
increase,
allow to grow unchecked,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin limes, limit- ‘boundary, frontier’. The verb is from Latin limitare, from limes .
