restricting
Putting limits on
Restricting is the act of limiting or constraining something.
You restrict access, restrict movement, restrict spending.
The word emphasizes ongoing control: The diet is restricting what I can eat.
Restricting often implies authority imposing boundaries: Security was restricting entry to badge holders only.
Power to enforce obedience
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
supervision · management · command · discipline · enforcement · coercion · micromanagement · gatekeeping
Official restriction on something
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- moratoriumTemporary prohibition or delay
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
veto · interdiction · proscription · forbidding · censorship · blacklist · exclusion · injunction
To squeeze tightly
- tightenMake more secure
- squeezeFirm bilateral compression
- compressReduce volume by force
- contractEnforceable written agreement
shrink · taper · crimp · pinch · straiten · cinch · clamp · funnel
State of being restricted
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
- captivityState of being confined
- detentionTemporary official holding
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
quarantine · isolation · containment · lockdown · internment · seclusion · enclosure · cage
Block or hinder passage
- hinderObstruct or delay
- hamperObstruct or clothes basket
- blockSolid mass, or impede
- impedeTo obstruct movement
thwart · stymie · deter · discourage · inhibit · suppress · curb · check
Covering for top
- ceilingRoom's upper surface
- quotaFixed assigned amount
- rationFixed allotted amount
- thresholdPoint of beginning
maximum · boundaries · curtailment · reduction · cutback · moderation · conservation · allocation
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- guidelinesSuggested rules for behavior
policies · rules · procedures · protocol · monitoring · supervision · auditing · licensing
authority
Power to enforce obedience
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
oversight · supervision · management · command · discipline · enforcement · coercion · micromanagement · gatekeeping · vetting
ban
Official restriction on something
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- moratoriumTemporary prohibition or delay
taboo · veto · interdiction · proscription · forbidding · censorship · blacklist · exclusion · injunction · suppression
constrict
To squeeze tightly
contract · shrink · taper · crimp · pinch · straiten · cinch · clamp · funnel · choke
confinement
State of being restricted
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
- captivityState of being confined
- detentionTemporary official holding
incarceration · quarantine · isolation · containment · lockdown · internment · seclusion · enclosure · cage · cell
obstruct
Block or hinder passage
impede · thwart · stymie · deter · discourage · inhibit · suppress · curb · check · bridle
cap
Covering for top
threshold · maximum · boundaries · curtailment · reduction · cutback · moderation · conservation · allocation · budget
oversight
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
guidelines · policies · rules · procedures · protocol · monitoring · supervision · auditing · licensing · permits
- restraininglimiting, confining, curbing, shackling, leashing
- restraintlimiting, containing, curtailing, reining in, holding back
- defensedefense, defending, protecting, protection, security
- bad habitssmoking, drinking, lying, swearing, gossiping
- reducingshrinking, lessening, diminishing, decreasing, cutting back
- Rail Signalssemaphore, searchlight, clear, stop, caution
restrictingfreeing
Releasing from confinement
liberating · allowing · permitting · enabling · releasing
restrictingexpanding
Growing in scope
extending · broadening · widening · enlarging · increasing
- dietary restrictionsRules governing permissible eating
- travel restrictionsLimits on crossing borders
- age restrictionMinimum years to participate
- legal restrictionsLimits imposed by law
- diet restrictionsConstraints on permitted foods
- trade restrictionsBarriers limiting international exchange
restriction, restrictive, restrictions, restrictively, nonrestrictive