restrict

1. Place restrictions on (synset 200237442)
   "curtail drinking in school"
   is a type of: circumscribe, confine to, limit - restrict or confine within limits
   subtypes:

   • abridge - lessen, diminish, or curtail
   • immobilise, immobilize - cause to be unable to move
   • ration - restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war
   • control, restrict - place under restrictions; limit access to by law
   same as: curb, curtail, cut back
2. Place under restrictions;
   Limit access to by law (synset 202514936)
   "this substance is controlled"; "that area is restricted to security personnel only"
   is a type of: curb, curtail, cut back, restrict - place restrictions on
   subtypes:

   • classify - declare unavailable, as for security reasons
   • taboo - declare as sacred and forbidden
   • localise, localize - restrict something to a particular area
   same as: control
3. Place limits on (extent or amount or access) (synset 200234091)
   "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
   subtypes:

   • reduce, tighten - narrow or limit
   • tie - limit or restrict to
   • gate - restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment
   • draw a line, draw the line - reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on)
   • mark off, mark out - set boundaries to and delimit
   • cramp, halter, hamper, strangle - prevent the progress or free movement of
   • constrain, stiffen, tighten, tighten up - severely restrict in scope or extent
   • clamp down, crack down - repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable)
   • delimit, delimitate, demarcate - set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
   • cumber, encumber, restrain - restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult
   • scant, skimp - limit in quality or quantity
   same as: bound, confine, limit, throttle, trammel
4. Prevent (information) from being circulated or disclosed (synset 202455890)
   is a type of: keep, prevent - stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state

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