restrict
Place bounds on
Restrict means to limit or confine within bounds.
You might restrict access to a building, restrict someone's diet, or restrict spending.
Laws restrict behavior; rules restrict options.
A restricted area is off-limits to unauthorized people.
The word implies deliberate constraint rather than natural limitation: The new policy restricts employees to one remote day per week.
Official restriction on something
- forbidDeclare not allowed
- prohibitFormally disallow
- outlawFugitive from justice
- vetoOfficial refusal to approve
bar · block · disallow · proscribe · embargo · moratorium · censor · suppress
Covering for top
- ceilingRoom's upper surface
- quotaFixed assigned amount
- rationFixed allotted amount
- maximumGreatest permitted quantity
threshold · allocation · allotment · curtail · constrain · curb · finite · bounded
Stop all motion
- tetherFastening cord for animals
- leashAnimal restraint cord
- harnessStraps controlling an animal
- bindFasten or obligate
hobble · muzzle · straitjacket · cuff · handcuff · tie · anchor · secure
State of being restricted
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- isolationComplete separation from others
- detentionTemporary official holding
- captivityState of being confined
imprisonment · internment · seclusion · lockdown · cage · cell · enclosure · shackles
Obstruction preventing passage
- gateHinged barrier in fence
- lockMechanism requiring a key
- passwordAuthentication string
- credentialProof of qualification
clearance · classified · confidential · private · exclusive · members-only · gated · secured
ban
Official restriction on something
veto · bar · block · disallow · proscribe · embargo · moratorium · censor · suppress · taboo
cap
Covering for top
maximum · threshold · allocation · allotment · curtail · constrain · curb · finite · bounded · narrow
immobilize
Stop all motion
bind · hobble · muzzle · straitjacket · cuff · handcuff · tie · anchor · secure · fasten
confinement
State of being restricted
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- isolationComplete separation from others
- detentionTemporary official holding
captivity · imprisonment · internment · seclusion · lockdown · cage · cell · enclosure · shackles · fetter
barrier
Obstruction preventing passage
credential · clearance · classified · confidential · private · exclusive · members-only · gated · secured · off-limits
control
Authority to direct
- governExercise political control
- monitorDisplay or supervisor
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
compliance · enforce · standards · rules · guidelines · protocols · policy · licensing · permit · authorization
- confinementcell, cage, prison, jail, imprisonment
- governance verbsgovern, rule, reign, legislate, regulate
- keeping outbar, ban, block, lock, fence
- obstructblock, halt, stop, impede, hinder
- restrainhold back, suppress, hold in, keep in, keep down
- Privacy Settingsprivacy settings, privacy mode, private browsing, incognito mode, private mode
restrictfree
Without payment or restriction
liberate · release · unrestrict · unshackle · emancipate
- restricted zonesSpaces barring unauthorized entry
- restricted areaSpace with controlled entry
- dietary restrictionsRules governing permissible eating
- travel restrictionsLimits on crossing borders
- age restrictionMinimum years to participate
- restricted accessEntry limited to authorized individuals
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