Confining

Synonyms for "confining" (50 found)

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administrative actioncognitive propertyconstraintcontrolgeometric propertygrammatical categorylegal measurelimitationmental attributemodifierphysical propertypolicy instrumentpropertyrestrainrestrictrestriction

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More specific

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bindingdetaindetentiondogmaticdomain restrictionencasingenclosinghouse arrestimmureimprisonimprisonmentnarrowingparochialrange restrictionsolitary confinementsubset restriction

Collocations

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confining boundariesconfining boundaryconfining conditionsconfining environmentconfining measuresconfining policyconfining regimeconfining spaceconfining wallconfining walls

Inflections

5 entries
confinedconfinesconfiningsmore confiningmost confining

Derivations

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Sample sentences

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You've got a million dollars in front of you. You can either spend it for yourself or spend it on a surgery for someone you don't know who is in danger of quadriplegia. You don't know each other. And no one will ever know what a noble deed you've done sacrificing all the money for the surgery for a person you don't know, or how mean you were to take the money confining that person to a wheelchair for the rest of their life. So what would you do? You can't share the money.

Source: tatoeba (4274446)

He continues always being aggressive towards society, rather than repelling society and confining himself.

Source: tatoeba (10040250)

Confining the number of example sentences non-native English speakers can provide is a disheartening insult to their intelligence and the tremendous commitment they demonstrate in improving the website's content.

Source: tatoeba (11847565)

Confining the quantity of example sentences non-native English speakers can contribute devalues their intelligence and discredits the extraordinary perseverance they demonstrate to make the website a better place for learning.

Source: tatoeba (11847583)

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