limiting

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noun

A limitation.

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confiningconstrainingconstrictiverestrictingrestrictivemodificationqualifying
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Meanings

nounlimiting (plural limitings)

plural limitings

  1. A limitation.

    After the discoveries of criticism, the new reverence for the Bible will teach one thing, and that namely which has been my theme, — how much deeper the truth that is in Christ lies than the errors and limitings of the understanding […]

    1846, George Frederick Simmons, Letter to the So-called "Boston Churches", page 19
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of limit

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiverestricting the scope or freedom of action

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confiningconstrainingconstrictiverestrictingrestrictive

adjectivestrictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase

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restrictive

nounthe grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

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modificationqualifying
Broader
grammatical relation
Also see
confiningconstrainingconstrictivemodificationqualifyingrestrictingrestrictive

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

limiting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limiting

MLA

“limiting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limiting. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “limiting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limiting.

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