About The Word Limitation
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Limitation
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What's The Definition Of Limitation?
[n] an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)
[n] the quality of being limited or restricted; "it is a good plan but it has serious limitations" [n] a principle that limits the extent of something; "I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements" [n] the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed; "there are limits on the amount you can bet"; "it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight" [n] (in law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought; "statute of limitations" Synonyms | Synonyms for Limitation: limit | restriction | restriction | restriction Related Terms | Find terms related to Limitation: absolute interest | allowance | benefit | border line | bound | boundary | boundary condition | boundary line | bounds | bourn | break boundary | breakoff point | ceiling | cession | circumscription | claim | closeness | common | compass | concession | confine | confinement | confines | continence | contingent interest | cramp | cramping | crowdedness | cutoff | cutoff point | deadline | delimitation | determinant | discipline | division line | easement | end | equitable interest | equity | estate | exception | exemption | extenuating circumstances | extremity | finish | floor | frontier | grain of salt | grant | hair | hairbreadth | hairsbreadth | hedge | hedging | high-water mark | holding | incapaciousness | incommodiousness | interest | interface | limen | limit | limiting factor | line | line of demarcation | lower limit | low-water mark | march | mark | mental reservation | mete | moderation | modification | narrow gauge | narrowness | nearness | part | percentage | prescription | proscription | qualification | reservation | restrain | restrictedness | restriction | right | right of entry | salvo | settlement | slenderness | special case | special treatment | specialness | specification | stake | start | starting line | starting point | stint | straitness | strict settlement | strictness | stricture | target date | term | terminal date | terminus | threshold | tight squeeze | tightness | time allotment | title | trust | upper limit | use | vested interest | waiver See Also | arms control | clampdown | cutoff | disadvantage | extremum | freeze | indefinite quantity | load-shedding | peak | quantification | regulating | regulation | regulation | restraint | rule | time limit Limitation In Webster's Dictionary \Lim`i*ta"tion\ (-t[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. limitatio:
cf. F. limitation. See {Limit}, v. t.]
1. The act of limiting; the state or condition of being
limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved
by the council.
They had no right to mistake the limitation . . . of
their own faculties, for an inherent limitation of
the possible modes of existence in the universe.
--J. S. Mill.
2. That which limits; a restriction; a qualification; a
restraining condition, defining circumstance, or
qualifying conception; as, limitations of thought.
The cause of error is ignorance what restraints and
limitations all principles have in regard of the
matter whereunto they are applicable. --Hooker.
3. A certain precinct within which friars were allowed to
beg, or exercise their functions; also, the time during
which they were permitted to exercise their functions in
such a district. --Chaucer. Latimer.
4. A limited time within or during which something is to be
done.
You have stood your limitation, and the tribunes
Endue you with the people's voice. --Shak.
5. (Law)
(a) A certain period limited by statute after which the
claimant shall not enforce his claims by suit.
(b) A settling of an estate or property by specific rules.
(c) A restriction of power; as, a constitutional
limitation. --Wharton. Bouvier.
{To know one's own limitations}, to know the reach and limits
of one's abilities. --A. R. Wallace.
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