limitation

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of limiting or the state of being limited.
2. (countable, uncountable) A restriction; a boundary, real or metaphorical, caused by some thing or some circumstance.
3. (countable, uncountable) An imperfection or shortcoming that limits something's use or value.
4. (countable, uncountable) A time period after which some legal action may no longer be brought.

Concepts

limitation

restriction

limite

prescription

restreindre

limiter

démarcation

Synonymes

restriction

limit

restraint

confinement

constraint

condition

stint

circumscription

qualification

prescription

confine

constraints

duress

handicap

inability

limitations

limitedness

limiting

narrowness

obsolescence

parameter

provision

regulation

restraining

rule

shortcoming

stricture

swaddling-clothes

taboo

local

contraint

restrictive weakness

bound

accurate determination

boundaries

boundary

boundedness

bounds

brake

clampdown

containment

contraction

curbing

determent

disability

Traductions

limitación

limitazione

limitação

beperking

Begrenzung

restricción

Einschränkung

restrizione

περιορισμός

sınırlama

Beschränkung

restrição

limitació

Verjährung

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/lɪmɪˈteɪʃən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from Latin limitatio. Morphologically limit + -ation.