Limitation

//lɪmɪˈteɪʃən//

Synonyms for "limitation" (134 found)

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Related words (67)

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8 relation types

More general

6 entries

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

Related terms

1 entries

derived

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has context

1 entries

is a

3 entries

related to

13 entries

Translations

71 translations across 24 languages.

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Armenian

2 entries
  • սահմանափակում noun (act of limiting)
  • սահմանափակում noun (restriction that limits)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • давност noun (time period — see also statute of limitations, prescription)
  • ограничаване noun (act of limiting)
  • ограничение noun (restriction that limits)

Catalan

2 entries
  • limitació noun (act of limiting)
  • limitació noun (restriction that limits)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 局限性 noun (imperfection which limits)
  • 訴訟時效 /诉讼时效 noun (time period — see also statute of limitations, prescription)
  • 限制 noun (act of limiting)
  • 限制 noun (restriction that limits)

Danish

2 entries
  • begrænsning noun (act of limiting)
  • begrænsning noun (restriction that limits)

Dutch

4 entries
  • begrenzing noun (act of limiting)
  • beperking noun (act of limiting)
  • beperking noun (restriction that limits)
  • beperking noun (imperfection which limits)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • limigeco noun (imperfection which limits)
  • limigo noun (restriction that limits)
  • limigo noun (imperfection which limits)
  • limitado noun (act of limiting)

Estonian

2 entries
  • piiramine noun (act of limiting)
  • piirang noun (restriction that limits)

Finnish

4 entries
  • rajoittaminen noun (act of limiting)
  • rajoitus noun (act of limiting)
  • rajoitus noun (restriction that limits)
  • rajoitus noun (imperfection which limits)

French

2 entries
  • limitation noun (act of limiting)
  • limitation noun (restriction that limits)

German

4 entries
  • Begrenzen noun (act of limiting)
  • Begrenzung noun (act of limiting)
  • Einschränkung noun (restriction that limits)
  • Einschränkung noun (imperfection which limits)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • batasan noun (restriction that limits)
  • keterbatasan noun (imperfection which limits)
  • pembatasan noun (act of limiting)

Irish

2 entries
  • cinnteacht noun (time period — see also statute of limitations, prescription)
  • teorannú noun (act of limiting)

Italian

2 entries
  • limitazione noun (act of limiting)
  • limitazione noun (restriction that limits)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • കുറവ് noun (imperfection which limits)
  • പരിമിതി noun (restriction that limits)

Māori

2 entries
  • aukatinga noun (act of limiting)
  • aukatinga noun (restriction that limits)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • avgrensing noun (restriction that limits)
  • begrensning noun (act of limiting)
  • begrensning noun (restriction that limits)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • avgrensing noun (restriction that limits)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • limitação noun (act of limiting)
  • limitação noun (restriction that limits)

Romanian

3 entries
  • limitare noun (act of limiting)
  • limitare noun (restriction that limits)
  • termen de prescripție noun (time period — see also statute of limitations, prescription)

Russian

4 entries
  • ограниче́ние noun (act of limiting)
  • ограниче́ние noun (restriction that limits)
  • ограниче́ние noun (imperfection which limits)
  • срок да́вности noun (time period — see also statute of limitations, prescription)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • अवधारण noun (restriction that limits)

Spanish

3 entries
  • cortapisa noun (restriction that limits)
  • limitación noun (act of limiting)
  • limitación noun (restriction that limits)

Thai

1 entries
  • อายุความ noun (time period — see also statute of limitations, prescription)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

Source: tatoeba (554638)

Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.

Source: tatoeba (554822)

Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.

Source: tatoeba (554870)

Religion is the outcome of human weakness or the limitation of human knowledge.

Source: tatoeba (2188821)

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