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Circumscription

Circumscription Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Circumscription? [n] the act of circumscribing Synonyms \| Synonyms for Circumscription: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Circumscription: abbreviation \| allowance \| astriction \| astringency \| ban \| bar \| barring \| beleaguerment \| besetment \| blockade \| blockading \| border line \| bottleneck \| bound \| boundaries \| boundary \| boundary condition \| boundary line \| bounds \| bourn \| bourns \| boycott \| break boundary \| breakoff point \| ceiling \| cervix \| cession \| circumference \| coarctation \| compactedness \| compaction \| compass \| compression \| compressure \| concentration \| concession \| condensation \| confine \| confinement \| confines \| consolidation \| constriction \| constringency \| contraction \| contracture \| coordinates \| cordoning \| cramp \| cramping \| curtailment \| cutoff \| cutoff point \| deadline \| debarment \| debarring \| decrease \| delimitation \| demarcation \| determinant \| diminuendo \| division line \| edges \| embargo \| enclosure \| end \| envelopment \| exception \| exclusion \| exemption \| extenuating circumstances \| extremity \| finish \| floor \| fringes \| frontier \| grain of salt \| grant \| hedge \| hedging \| high-water mark \| hourglass \| hourglass figure \| immurement \| imprisonment \| inadmissibility \| incarceration \| inclusion \| injunction \| interface \| isthmus \| knitting \| limen \| limit \| limitation \| limitations \| limiting factor \| limits \| line \| line of demarcation \| lockout \| lower limit \| low-water mark \| march \| marches \| mark \| mental reservation \| mete \| metes \| metes and bounds \| modification \| narrow place \| narrowing \| neck \| nonadmission \| omission \| outlines \| outskirts \| pale \| parameters \| perimeter \| periphery \| preclusion \| prohibition \| puckering \| pursing \| qualification \| quarantine \| reduction \| rejection \| relegation \| repudiation \| reservation \| restraint \| restriction \| salvo \| shortening \| siege \| skirts \| solidification \| special case \| special treatment \| specialness \| specification \| start \| starting line \| starting point \| stint \| stranglement \| strangulation \| striction \| stricture \| systole \| taboo \| target date \| term \| terminal date \| terminus \| threshold \| time allotment \| upper limit \| verges \| waiver \| wasp waist \| wrinkling See Also \| restriction Circumscription In Webster's Dictionary \Cir`cum*scrip"tion\, n. [L. circumscriptio. See {Circumscribe}.] 1. An inscription written around anything. [R.] --Ashmole. 2. The exterior line which determines the form or magnitude of a body; outline; periphery. --Ray. 3. The act of limiting, or the state of being limited, by conditions or restraints; bound; confinement; limit. The circumscriptions of terrestrial nature. --Johnson. I would not my unhoused, free condition Put into circumscription and confine. --Shak.

Circumscription Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Circumscription?

[n] the act of circumscribing

Synonyms | Synonyms for Circumscription:

See Also | restriction

Circumscription In Webster's Dictionary

\Cir`cum*scrip"tion\, n. [L. circumscriptio. See
{Circumscribe}.]
1. An inscription written around anything. [R.] --Ashmole.

2. The exterior line which determines the form or magnitude
   of a body; outline; periphery. --Ray.

3. The act of limiting, or the state of being limited, by
   conditions or restraints; bound; confinement; limit.

         The circumscriptions of terrestrial nature.
                                               --Johnson.

         I would not my unhoused, free condition Put into
         circumscription and confine.          --Shak.

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