hard limit
Immovable maximum boundary
A hard limit is a boundary that cannot be crossed or exceeded under any circumstances.
In computing, it's a system-enforced maximum that programs cannot surpass.
In BDSM and kink communities, hard limits are activities a person absolutely will not do, distinguishing them from soft limits, which may be negotiable: Choking is a hard limit for me.
The term has spread to general use for any non-negotiable boundary: Working weekends is a hard limit.
- ceilingRoom's upper surface
- upper boundMaximum permitted value
- boundaryLine marking a limit
- capCovering for top
- thresholdPoint of beginning
pain threshold · maximum · constraint · restriction · cutoff · stopping · absolute · firm · rigid · unyielding · nonnegotiable · redline · deal breaker · breaking · point · zero tolerance · saturation · capacity
- Non-negotiablesdealbreaker, must-have, bottom line, red line, non-negotiable
- kinkdom, domme, submissives, master, slave
hard limitsuggestion
Idea proposed for consideration
recommendation · soft cap · ballpark figure · guideline · target
hard limitno limit
Without a maximum
unlimited · unrestricted · boundless · uncapped · open-ended
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