Antonyms for restricting
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ri-strikt |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈstrɪkt |
Definition of restricting
Origin :- 1530s, from Latin restrictus, past participle of restringere (see restriction). Regarded 18c. as a Scottishism. Related: Restricted; restricting.
- verb confine, limit situation or ability to participate
- It could not, however, be supposed, that any intention existed of restricting the full use of the lands they reserved.
- Extract from : « Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, at January Term, 1832, Delivered by Mr. Chief Justice Marshall in the Case of Samuel A. Worcester, Plaintiff in Error, versus the State of Georgia » by John Marshall
- "I think I can dope out a restricting circuit," Macintyre said.
- Extract from : « Watchbird » by Robert Sheckley
- It is a device for restricting the flow of water or oil to the step- and guide-bearing.
- Extract from : « Steam Turbines » by Hubert E. Collins
- For restricting the sending or conveyance of inland letters.
- Extract from : « Gambia » by Frederick John Melville
- He had been aware of invisible barriers, restricting, hemming him in on all sides.
- Extract from : « The Inside of the Cup, Complete » by Winston Churchill
- After marriage the rules which ordered her life were not nearly so restricting.
- Extract from : « Venice » by Dorothy Menpes
- But there always seems to have been a difficulty in restricting the use of the gold ring.
- Extract from : « Finger-Ring Lore » by William Jones
- This he suggests was the reason for restricting the number on this occasion.
- Extract from : « Chats on Military Curios » by Stanley C. Johnson
- Sulla succeeded in restricting their power; but Pompey restored it.
- Extract from : « History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD » by Robert F. Pennell
- But it is thought that these are best assured by restricting their social freedom.
- Extract from : « Oriental Women » by Edward Bagby Pollard
Synonyms for restricting
- bind
- bottle up
- bound
- chain
- check
- circumscribe
- come down on
- constrict
- contain
- contract
- cool down
- cramp
- curb
- decrease
- define
- delimit
- delimitate
- demarcate
- demark
- diminish
- encircle
- enclose
- hamper
- handicap
- hang up
- hem in
- hold back
- hold down
- impede
- inclose
- inhibit
- keep within bounds
- keep within limits
- moderate
- modify
- narrow
- pin down
- prelimit
- put away
- put on ice
- qualify
- reduce
- regulate
- restrain
- send up
- shorten
- shrink
- shut in
- surround
- temper
- tether
- tie
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