They decided to abolish the old restriction.
Source: tatoeba (306472)
Restriction
//ɹɪˈstɹɪkʃən//
Synonyms for "restriction" (136 found)
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Related words (68)
incommodiousnessinhibitioninjunctioninterferenceinterruptionletlimitlockoutlockupmental reservationmoderationmodificationnarrow gaugenarrowingnarrownessnearnessnegativismnonadmissionnuisance valueobstruction
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obstructionismocclusionomissionoppositionpalepenningpreclusionprescriptionprohibitionproscriptionprovisionprovisoqualificationrejectionrelegationrepressionrepudiationreservationreserveresistancerestrainrestraintrestrictednessretardationretardmentsalvosetbackshackleslendernessspecial casespecial treatmentspecialnessspecificationsqueezestintstipulationstraitnessstrangleholdstrictnessstricturesuppressiontabootight squeezetightnessunfreedomwaiver
Noun(2 words)
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53 translations across 29 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- تقييد noun (act or state)
- قيد noun (regulation or limitation)
Belarusian
2 entries- абмежаванне noun (act or state)
- абмежаванне noun (regulation or limitation)
Bulgarian
3 entries- ограничаване noun (act or state)
- ограничение noun (regulation or limitation)
- рестрикция noun (degradation of DNA)
Catalan
2 entries- restricció noun (act or state)
- restricció noun (regulation or limitation)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 限制 noun (act or state)
Czech
2 entries- omezení noun (act or state)
- omezení noun (regulation or limitation)
Dutch
1 entries- beperking noun (act or state)
Estonian
2 entries- piiramine noun (act or state)
- piirang noun (regulation or limitation)
Finnish
3 entries- rajoite noun (regulation or limitation)
- rajoittaminen noun (act or state)
- rajoitus noun (regulation or limitation)
French
2 entries- restriction noun (act or state)
- restriction noun (degradation of DNA)
German
4 entries- Beschränkung noun (act or state)
- Beschränkung noun (regulation or limitation)
- Einschränkung noun (regulation or limitation)
- Verbot noun (act or state)
Greek
1 entries- περιορισμός noun (act or state)
Irish
1 entries- teorannú noun (act or state)
Italian
3 entries- restrizione noun (act or state)
- restrizione noun (regulation or limitation)
- restrizione noun (degradation of DNA)
Japanese
1 entries- 制限 noun (act or state)
Korean
1 entries- 제한 noun (act or state)
Lithuanian
2 entries- apribojimas noun (act or state)
- apribojimas noun (regulation or limitation)
Macedonian
2 entries- ограничување noun (act or state)
- ограничување noun (regulation or limitation)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- restriksjon noun (regulation or limitation)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- restriksjon noun (regulation or limitation)
Polish
2 entries- obostrzenie noun (regulation or limitation)
- restrykcja noun (regulation or limitation)
Portuguese
1 entries- restrição noun (degradation of DNA)
Romanian
1 entries- restricție noun (regulation or limitation)
Russian
2 entries- ограниче́ние noun (act or state)
- ограниче́ние noun (regulation or limitation)
Sanskrit
1 entries- अवधारण noun (regulation or limitation)
Spanish
4 entries- cortapisa noun (regulation or limitation)
- restricción noun (act or state)
- restricción noun (regulation or limitation)
- restricción noun (degradation of DNA)
Swedish
2 entries- begränsning noun (regulation or limitation)
- restriktion noun (regulation or limitation)
Ukrainian
2 entries- обмеження noun (act or state)
- обмеження noun (regulation or limitation)
Vietnamese
1 entries- hạn chế noun (act or state)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Gategno explained in a press interview that the restriction of access to the e-mail service had nothing to do with the release of the inflammatory video.
Source: tatoeba (2130729)
It has recently been suggested that calorie restriction alone has anticonvulsant effects in an animal model of epilepsy.
Source: tatoeba (4264796)
Mennad has a restriction order on Baya.
Source: tatoeba (8058722)
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