circumscription | Definition of circumscription

Synonyms and Antonyms of circumscription

1 something that limits one's freedom of action or choice

such circumscriptions on the freedom of speech are antithetical to a free and open society

Synonyms of circumscription

check, condition, constraint, curb, fetter, limitation, restraint, restriction, stricture

Words Related to circumscription

exception, proviso, qualification, reservation, stipulation, strings

ban, prohibition, proscription

Near Antonyms of circumscription

freedom, latitude

2 the act or practice of keeping something (as an activity) within certain boundaries

electronic monitoring bracelets are sometimes used to impose a circumscription of movement on people awaiting trial

Synonyms of circumscription

confinement, limitation, rein, restriction, stint

Words Related to circumscription

constraint, restraint

containment, isolation, segregation