Meaning

1 senses

  1. (uncountable)The state of being restrictive.

More definitions
  • a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (‘red hat’ has a more specific meaning than ‘hat’)
  • a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits:unpermissiveness

Word family

2 related words
Relatedrestrictive
Derivednonrestrictiveness

Lessons for this word

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
restrictB1restrictionB2restrictiverestroomrestructurerestructuring
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