| verb | place limits on (extent or access) “restrict the use of this parking lot” |
| verb | restrict or confine, “I limit you to two visits to the pub a day” |
| verb | prevent from leaving or from being removed |
| verb | close in; darkness enclosed him" |
| verb | deprive of freedom; take into confinement |
| verb | to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement “This holds the local until the express passengers change trains” |
| adjective | restricting the scope or freedom of action |
| adjective | crowded “close quarters” |
| restrictive | adjective | serving to restrict |
| restriction | noun | the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary) |
| restrainer | noun | a person who directs and restrains |
| trammel | noun | a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) |
| limiter | noun | (electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform) |
| limit | noun | the greatest possible degree of something |
| limitation | noun | (law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought |
| bound | noun | a line determining the limits of an area |
| circumscription | noun | the act of circumscribing |
| enclosure | noun | a naturally enclosed space |
| confinement | noun | the state of being confined |
| detention | noun | a state of being confined (usually for a short time) |
| detainee | noun | some held in custody |
| restraint | noun | the state of being physically constrained |
| hold | noun | a state of being confined (usually for a short time) |