'Circumscription' definitions:
Definition of 'circumscription'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of circumscribing
Definition of 'Circumscription'
From: GCIDE
- Circumscription \Cir`cum*scrip"tion\, n. [L. circumscriptio. See Circumscribe.]
- 1. An inscription written around anything. [R.] --Ashmole. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The exterior line which determines the form or magnitude of a body; outline; periphery. --Ray. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The act of limiting, or the state of being limited, by conditions or restraints; bound; confinement; limit. [1913 Webster]
- The circumscriptions of terrestrial nature. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
- I would not my unhoused, free condition Put into circumscription and confine. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'circumscription'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbreviation,
- allowance,
- astriction,
- astringency,
- ban,
- bar,
- barring,
- beleaguerment,
- besetment,
- blockade,
- blockading,
- border line,
- bottleneck,
- bound,
- boundaries,
- boundary,
- boundary condition,
- boundary line,
- bounds,
- bourn,
- bourns,
- boycott,
- break boundary,
- breakoff point,
- ceiling,
- cervix,
- cession,
- circumference,
- coarctation,
- compactedness,
- compaction,
- compass,
- compression,
- compressure,
- concentration,
- concession,
- condensation,
- confine,
- confinement,
- confines,
- consolidation,
- constriction,
- constringency,
- contraction,
- contracture,
- coordinates,
- cordoning,
- cramp,
- cramping,
- curtailment,
- cutoff,
- cutoff point,
- deadline,
- debarment,
- debarring,
- decrease,
- delimitation,
- demarcation,
- determinant,
- diminuendo,
- division line,
- edges,
- embargo,
- enclosure,
- end,
- envelopment,
- exception,
- exclusion,
- exemption,
- extenuating circumstances,
- extremity,
- finish,
- floor,
- fringes,
- frontier,
- grain of salt,
- grant,
- hedge,
- hedging,
- high-water mark,
- hourglass,
- hourglass figure,
- immurement,
- imprisonment,
- inadmissibility,
- incarceration,
- inclusion,
- injunction,
- interface,
- isthmus,
- knitting,
- limen,
- limit,
- limitation,
- limitations,
- limiting factor,
- limits,
- line,
- line of demarcation,
- lockout,
- low-water mark,
- lower limit,
- march,
- marches,
- mark,
- mental reservation,
- mete,
- metes,
- metes and bounds,
- modification,
- narrow place,
- narrowing,
- neck,
- nonadmission,
- omission,
- outlines,
- outskirts,
- pale,
- parameters,
- perimeter,
- periphery,
- preclusion,
- prohibition,
- puckering,
- pursing,
- qualification,
- quarantine,
- reduction,
- rejection,
- relegation,
- repudiation,
- reservation,
- restraint,
- restriction,
- salvo,
- shortening,
- siege,
- skirts,
- solidification,
- special case,
- special treatment,
- specialness,
- specification,
- start,
- starting line,
- starting point,
- stint,
- stranglement,
- strangulation,
- striction,
- stricture,
- systole,
- taboo,
- target date,
- term,
- terminal date,
- terminus,
- threshold,
- time allotment,
- upper limit,
- verges,
- waiver,
- wasp waist,
- wrinkling