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confine confine. 1  to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict: She confined her remarks to errors in the report. Confine your efforts to finishing the book. 2  to shut or keep in; prevent from leaving a place because of imprisonment, illness, discipline, etc.: For that offense he was confined to quarters for 30 days.
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Definitions &Translations Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: restraint. In the context of joint operation planning, a requirement placed on the command by a higher command that prohibits an action, thus restricting freedom of action. See also constraint; operational limitation.
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limitation 1. a limiting condition; restrictive weakness; lack of capacity: to know one's limitations. 2. something that limits; a limit or bound; restriction. 3. the act of limiting. 4. the state of being limited. 5. a period of time, defined by statute, during which legal action may be taken.
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restrain restrain, check, curb, bridle mean to hold back from or control in doing something. restrain suggests holding back by force or persuasion from acting or from going to extremes restrained themselves from laughing. check implies restraining or impeding a progress, activity, or impetus trying to check government spending.
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- ‘Where the damage has been done is internally, within the confines of Northern Ireland.’ ‘Set within the confines of a crumbling mansion, a child bride finds an unusual way to escape from her loathsome mill owner husband.’ ‘Food, in the confines of jail, takes on a more basic and urgent quality than it does outside.’
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Detention (imprisonment) Definition of detention. Any form of imprisonment where a person's freedom of liberty is removed can be classed as detention, although the term is often associated with persons who are being held without warrant or charge before any have been raised.
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Definitions &Translations Princeton's WordNet (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: enclosure (noun). a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose. enclosure, enclosing, envelopment, inclosure (noun). the act of enclosing something inside something else.
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- Add to my wordlist. 1  1 [countable] a thing that limits or restricts something, or your freedom to do something synonym restriction constraints of time/money/space financial/economic/legal/political constraints constraint on something This decision will impose serious constraints on all schools.
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- c.1400, boundary, limit (usually as confines), from Old French confins boundaries, from Medieval Latin confines, from Latin confinium (plural confinia) boundary, limit, from confine, neuter of confinis bordering on, having the same boundaries, from com-with (see com-) + finis an end (see finish (n.)).
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limit limit definition: The definition of a limit is a boundary or point where something ends or the maximum amount allowed. (noun) An example of a limit is a child only being allowed to play on the block on which their house is located. An example of a...
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restrict limit, restrict, circumscribe, confine mean to set bounds for. limit implies setting a point or line (as in time, space, speed, or degree) beyond which something cannot or is not permitted to go. visits are limited to 30 minutes
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- 1 the act of confining or the state of being confined some wild animals take to confinement very poorly Synonyms captivity, internment, immurement, impoundment, imprisonment, incarceration, prisonRelated Words bondage, enslavement, servitude; restraint, restriction; arrest, capture, entrapment; custody, detainer, detainment, detention, house ...
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restricted restricted. adjective. 1. limited, controlled, reduced, moderate, regulated a heavily restricted diet. 2. cramped, small, tight, narrow, confined, inadequate, compact, constricted, poky Every inch counts in this restricted space.
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- 1 1 [countable] a thing that limits or restricts something, or your freedom to do something synonym restriction constraints of time/money/space financial/economic/legal/political constraints constraint on something This decision will impose serious constraints on all schools.
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enclosure The definition of an enclosure is something that keeps people or things inside. An example of an enclosure is a fenced-in yard. an enclosing or being enclosed. something, as a fence or wall, that encloses. something enclosed; specif., an enclosed place or area.
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Definition of 'restrain' Definition of 'restrain'. restrain (rɪstreɪn ) If you restrain someone, you stop them from doing what they intended or wanted to do, usually by using your physical strength. Wally gripped my arm, partly to restrain me and partly to reassure me.
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- The definition of a restraint is something that restricts freedom or prevents someone from doing something. 1  When someone is tied up and prevented from moving, this is an example of restraint.  When your budget sets a limit on how much you can spend for Christmas, this is an example of financial restraint.
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trap trap (plural traps) 1  A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body. 2  A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare. 3  A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.
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bind verb (used with object), bound, binding. 1. to fasten or secure with a band or bond. 2. to encircle with a band or ligature: She bound her hair with a ribbon. 3. to swathe or bandage (often followed by up):
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- Definition. Limitations (covenants) written into a deed to restrict the control, occupancy, or use of a property.
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Calculus Derivatives and Limits Definition of Limit. The limit is a method of evaluating an expression as an argument approaches a value. This value can be any point on the number line and often limits are evaluated as an argument approaches infinity or minus infinity. The following expression states that as x approaches the value c the function approaches the value L.
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limit limits The boundary surrounding a specific area; bounds: within the city limits. Something that restricts or restrains; a restraint: The child needs to have limits put on his behavior. The greatest or least amount, number, or extent allowed or possible: a withdrawal limit of $200; no minimum age limit. Games The largest amount which may be bet at one time in games of chance. Abbr. lim Mathematics
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detention Detention is defined as  the state of being confined or delayed somewhere, or kept after school for punishment. When you are locked up in prison for a short period of time as punishment, this is an example of detention. When you are made to stay after school because you did something wrong, this is an example of detention.
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bound bound·ed, bound·ing, bounds . To leap forward or upward; jump; spring: The dog bounded over the gate. To move forward by leaps or springs: The deer bounded into the woods. To spring back from a surface; rebound: The basketball bounded off the backboard. noun. A leap; a jump: The deer was away in a single bound.
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Definitions &Translations Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  confinement(Noun) the act of confining or the state of being confined. 2  confinement(Noun) lying-in.
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- The only state directly east of New Hampshire is Maine, though the Cape Cod area of Massachusetts also extends further eastward. And on a technicality (that approximately on…e-third of it, including the Aleutian Islands happens to be west of the 180° meridian) you could consider Alaska to be the easternmost state.