curfew
Mandatory return time
A curfew is a regulation requiring people to remain indoors during specified hours, typically at night.
Governments impose curfews during emergencies or unrest; parents set curfews for teenagers: Her curfew was eleven on school nights.
The word originally referred to a bell signaling time to extinguish fires and retire for the evening.
Enforced restriction on movement
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- banOfficial restriction on something
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
regulation · enforcement · violation · breach · penalty · fine · citation · compliance
Late day period
- midnightTwelve o'clock at night
- darknessTotal absence of light
- duskDimming after sundown
- nightfallOnset of darkness
after-hours · late night · sundown · twilight · witching hour · streetlights · empty streets · quiet hours
Hollow resonating instrument
- sirenWailing alert device
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- hornPointed animal headgear
- chimeMelodic bell sound
warning · announcement · tolling · church bell · bugle · klaxon · gong · all-clear
Person aged thirteen-nineteen
- adolescentPerson in puberty
- teenYoung person, 13-19
- juvenileYoung person or animal
- bedtimeDesignated hour for retiring
grounding · rebellion · sneaking out · house rules · parental · supervision · accountability · responsibility
Guarding against harm
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- securityProtection from threat
- crime preventionStopping offenses before occurrence
loitering · gang activity · vandalism · public order · neighborhood watch · streetlights · escort · check-in
lockdown
Enforced restriction on movement
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- banOfficial restriction on something
prohibition · regulation · enforcement · violation · breach · penalty · fine · citation · compliance · decree
evening
Late day period
nightfall · after-hours · late night · sundown · twilight · witching hour · streetlights · empty streets · quiet hours · nocturnal
bell
Hollow resonating instrument
chime · warning · announcement · tolling · church bell · bugle · klaxon · gong · all-clear
teenager
Person aged thirteen-nineteen
- adolescentPerson in puberty
- teenYoung person, 13-19
- juvenileYoung person or animal
bedtime · grounding · rebellion · sneaking out · house rules · parental · supervision · accountability · responsibility · independence
protection
Guarding against harm
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- securityProtection from threat
crime prevention · loitering · gang activity · vandalism · public order · neighborhood watch · streetlights · escort · check-in · accountability
- limitslimit, limits, limitation, upper limit, lower limit
- Parenting Teensadolescence, puberty, rebellion, teen rebellion, grounding
- policiespolicy, act, code of conduct, workplace policies, public policy
- ruleslaw, rule, guideline, bylaw, standard
- time restrictionsquiet hours, bar closing time, library hours, pool hours, bank closure
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
curfew24-hour access
Availability without time limits
extended hours · free rein · late pass · amnesty · exemption
curfewfree movement
Unrestricted ability to travel
liberty · free passage · carte blanche · free rein · freedom of movement
curfewpermissiveness
Tolerance of behavior others forbid
laissez-faire · amnesty · liberalization · deregulation · open city
- curfew lawsRegulations limiting nighttime movement
- breaking curfewIgnoring mandated return time
- curfew ordersGovernment-imposed nighttime restrictions
- curfew violationBeing out past mandated time
- curfew enforcementEnsuring curfew compliance
- curfew zoneArea with time-based restrictions