circumscription
/ˌsɜrkəmˈskrɪpʃən/
noun
- The act of limiting or restricting something, or the state of being limited.
- The circumscription of free speech in the country worried journalists.
- He felt frustrated by the circumscription of his creative freedom at work.
- Budget circumscription forced the school to cancel the art program.
- A boundary or line that encloses an area; the act of drawing such a boundary.
- The circumscription of the voting district changed after the census.
- The circumscription of the property was marked by a stone wall.
- In ancient maps, the circumscription of kingdoms was often vague.
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