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Antonyms for re striction
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ri-strik-shuhn |
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈstrɪk ʃən |
- advance
- advantage
- agitation
- aid
- allowance
- approval
- arousal
- assistance
- beginning
- benefit
- blessing
- boon
- center
- chaos
- clearance
- comfort
- commencement
- compliment
- continuation
- disadvantage
- disagreement
- disorganization
- ease
- encouragement
- endorsement
- enlargement
- expansion
- expedition
- extent
- facilitation
- freedom
- furtherance
- go
- health
- help
- helplessness
- implication
- inability
- increase
- independence
- indulgence
- infinity
- inside
- interior
- lawlessness
- liberation
- liberty
- license
- limitlessness
- mentionable
- middle
- minimum
- mismanagement
- neglect
- OK
- open
- opening
- openness
- perfection
- permission
- powerlessness
- praise
- promotion
- push
- range
- ratification
- recommendation
- release
- relief
- relinquishment
- renouncement
- request
- sanction
- self-indulgence
- start
- strength
- support
- weakness
- wildness
- wish
Definition of re striction
Origin :- early 15c., "that which restricts," from Middle French restriction (14c.) and directly from Late Latin restrictionem (nominative restrictio) "limitation," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin restringere "restrict, bind fast, restrain," from re- "back" (see re-) + stringere "draw tight" (see strain (v.)). Meaning "act of restricting" is from 1620s.
- As in limit : noun greatest extent
- As in limitation : noun restraint, disadvantage
- As in obstacle : noun impediment, barrier
- As in parameter : noun limit
- As in prohibition : noun ban, forbiddance
- As in provision/proviso : noun stipulation, condition of agreement
- As in rein : noun restraint, control
- As in reservation : noun condition, stipulation
- As in reservation : noun the act of holding something, or thing held for future use
- As in restraint : noun self-control
- As in restraint : noun limitation; something that holds
- As in restriction : noun limit
- As in ban : noun official forbiddance
- As in barrier : noun obstruction to goal
- As in stipulation : noun condition of agreement
- As in taboo : noun something not allowed, permitted
- As in wall : noun obstruction, divider
- As in blockade : noun barrier
- As in narrowness : noun a physical restriction
- As in proviso : noun stipulation
- As in censorship : noun forbiddance; ban
- As in clampdown : noun suppression
- As in disallowance : noun forbiddance
- As in forbiddance : noun refusal
- As in immobilization : noun tie-up
- As in interdiction : noun forbiddance
- As in proscription : noun forbiddance
- As in compass : noun boundary, periphery
- As in constriction : noun blockage
- As in control : noun command, mastery
- As in cramp : noun muscle spasm
- As in curb : noun restraining device; check
- As in diet : noun abstinence from food
- As in handicap : noun disadvantage
- As in hindrance : noun obstruction, difficulty
- As in impediment : noun obstruction, hindrance
Synonyms for re striction
- a thou-shalt-not
- abridgment
- absolute
- abstemiousness
- abstinence
- ache
- affliction
- agreement
- albatross
- ambit
- anathema
- area
- arrangement
- arrest
- article
- ascendancy
- authority
- baggage
- ball and chain
- ban
- bank
- banning
- bar
- barricade
- barrier
- bespeaking
- binding
- bit
- bitter end
- blackout
- blank wall
- block
- blockade
- blockage
- blue pencil
- bondage
- booby trap
- booking
- border
- bottleneck
- bottom line
- bound
- bounds
- bourne
- bowdlerization
- boycott
- brake
- breaking point
- bridle
- brim
- brink
- bulwark
- bump
- burden
- cap
- captivity
- catch
- Catch-22
- caution
- ceiling
- censorship
- chain
- chains
- charge
- charley horse
- check
- choking
- circle
- circuit
- circumference
- circumscription
- circumspection
- clause
- clog
- clogging
- closure
- clout
- coercion
- command
- compression
- compulsion
- conclusion
- condition
- confinement
- confines
- constant
- constipation
- constraint
- containment
- contract
- contraction
- control
- convulsion
- coolness
- crackdown
- cramp
- crick
- crimp
- criterion
- cumbrance
- curb
- curtailment
- custody
- cutoff point
- dam
- dead weight
- deadline
- decrease
- defect
- definition
- delay
- demand
- demarcation
- demur
- deprivation
- designation
- destination
- detention
- determent
- determination
- deterrence
- deterrent
- detriment
- dietary
- difficulty
- direction
- disability
- disadvantage
- disallowance
- disapproval
- discipline
- disincentive
- domain
- domination
- dominion
- don't
- doubt
- drag
- drawback
- driver's seat
- economy
- edge
- embankment
- embargo
- embolus
- encirclement
- enclosure
- encumbrance
- end
- end point
- engagement
- environs
- excess baggage
- exclusion
- exclusive possession
- expanse
- extent
- extremity
- facade
- far out
- farthest point
- farthest reach
- fast
- fault
- fence
- fetters
- field
- finality
- fine print
- flaw
- foot dragging
- forbearance
- forbiddance
- forbidding
- force
- fortification
- framework
- glitch
- goal
- government
- governor
- grain of salt
- gridlock
- grip
- guidance
- guideline
- halter
- hamper
- handicap
- hang-up
- hangup
- hardship
- harness
- hazard
- hesitancy
- hindrance
- hitch
- hold
- holdup
- hurdle
- hush up
- impairment
- impedance
- impediment
- imprisonment
- infarct
- infarction
- infringing on rights
- inhibition
- injunction
- injury
- inside track
- instruction
- interdict
- interdiction
- interference
- interruption
- intervention
- iron curtain
- jam
- jam-up
- joker
- juice
- jurisdiction
- kicker
- kink
- law
- leash
- ledge
- levee
- limit
- limitation
- limits
- line
- lip
- load
- lock
- manacle
- manacles
- management
- manipulation
- margin
- maximum
- might
- millstone
- moderation
- modification
- monkey wrench
- mountain
- narrowing
- negation
- no-no
- nutritional therapy
- obligation
- obstacle
- obstruction
- off limits
- orbit
- order
- out of bounds
- outlawing
- oversight
- pain
- pale
- palisade
- panel
- paneling
- pang
- parapet
- partition
- perimeter
- pinions
- place
- precinct
- precondition
- predomination
- prerequisite
- pressure
- prevention
- preventive
- prohibition
- proscribing
- proscription
- provision
- proviso
- psychological baggage
- purlieus
- purview
- qualification
- radius
- rampart
- range
- reach
- realm
- red tape
- reduction
- refusal
- regime
- regimen
- regimentation
- regulation
- rein
- religious convention
- repression
- repudiation
- requirement
- reservation
- reserve
- restrainer
- restraint
- restriction
- retainer
- retaining
- retainment
- retardation
- retardment
- rider
- rim
- road block
- roadblock
- rope
- ropes
- round
- rub
- rule
- sanction
- scope
- screen
- scruple
- secretiveness
- self-denial
- self-discipline
- self-government
- self-possession
- self-restraint
- setback
- setting aside
- settlement
- shackle
- shackles
- shooting pain
- shortcoming
- side
- siege
- silence
- sine qua non
- skepticism
- slimness
- small difficulty
- small print
- snag
- social convention
- specification
- sphere
- squeezing
- starvation
- stenosis
- stiffness
- stint
- stipulation
- stitch
- stockade
- stop
- stoppage
- straitjacket
- strap
- stretch
- stricture
- string
- string attached
- strings
- stumbling block
- subjection
- subordination
- superintendence
- superstition
- supervision
- suppression
- supremacy
- surface
- sway
- sweep
- taboo
- temperance
- term
- termination
- terms
- the max
- the most
- thinness
- thou-shalt-not
- thought control
- tie
- tightness
- tops
- trammel
- traverse
- twinge
- ultimate
- unnaturalness
- upper hand
- utmost
- verge
- veto
- vicissitude
- wall
- weight
- weight-reduction plan
- wire pulling
- withholding
- zone
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