restrict

Verb	1.	restrict - place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school" curtail, cut back, curb circumscribe, confine, limit - restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" abridge - lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression" immobilise, immobilize - cause to be unable to move; "The sudden storm immobilized the traffic"
	2.	restrict - place under restrictions; limit access to; "This substance is controlled" classify - declare unavailable, as for security reasons; "Classify these documents" taboo - declare as sacred and forbidden scant, skimp - limit in quality or quantity localise, localize - restrict something to a particular area curb, hold in, control, moderate, contain, check, hold - lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" derestrict - make free from restrictions
	3.	restrict - place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" confine, limit, throttle, trammel, restrain, bound tighten, reduce - narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners" tie - limit or restrict to; "I am tied to UNIX"; "These big jets are tied to large airports" gate - restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment draw a line, draw the line - reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on); "I draw the line when it comes to lending money to friends!" mark off, mark out - set boundaries to and delimit; "mark out the territory" harness, rein, rule - keep in check; "rule one's temper" baffle, regulate - check the emission of (sound) hamper, cramp, halter, strangle - prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries" tighten up, constrain, stiffen, tighten - restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations" clamp down, crack down - repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable); "The police clamped down on illegal drugs" inhibit - limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs" constrain, cumber, encumber, restrain - hold back curb, hold in, control, moderate, contain, check, hold - lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"
	4.	restrict - make more specific; "qualify these remarks" qualify modify - make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"

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restrict

1. to keep within certain limits. I try to restrict myself / my smoking to five cigarettes a day; Use of the car-park is restricted to senior staff.

2. to make less than usual, desirable etc. He feels this new law will restrict his freedom.

2. to which entry has been restricted to certain people. The battlefield was a restricted zone.

3. in which certain restrictions (eg a speed limit) apply. a restricted area.

1. a rule etc that limits or controls. Even in a free democracy a person's behaviour must be subject to certain restrictions.

2. the act of restricting. restriction of freedom.

restricting or intended to restrict.

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