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restriction noun [ rɪˈstrɪkʃ(ə)n ]

• a limiting condition or measure, especially a legal one.
• "planning restrictions on commercial development"
Similar: reduction, limitation, diminution, curtailment, cutback, cut, scaling down,
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin restrictio(n- ), from restringere ‘bind fast, confine’ (see restrict).


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