Synonyms of the word

limitation

• n. The act of limiting or the state of being limited.
• n. A restriction; a boundary, real or metaphorical, caused by some thing or some circumstance.
• n. An imperfection or shortcoming which limits somethings use or value.
• n. (law) A time period after which some legal action may no longer be brought.

disadvantage

• n. A weakness or undesirable characteristic; a con.
• n. A setback or handicap.
• n. Loss; detriment; hindrance.
• v. (transitive) To place at a disadvantage.

limit

• n. A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
• n. (mathematics) A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit…
• n. (mathematics) Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
• n. (category theory) The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.
• n. (poker) Short for fixed limit.
• n. The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.
• n. (obsolete) The space or thing defined by limits.
• n. (obsolete) That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
• n. (obsolete) A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance.
• n. (logic, metaphysics) A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic.
• n. (cycling) The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race.
• adj. (poker) Being a fixed limit game.
• v. (transitive) To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound.
• v. (mathematics, intransitive) To have a limit in a particular set.
• v. (obsolete) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.

regulating

• v. present participle of regulate.

regulation

• n. (uncountable) The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.
• n. (countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct…
• n. (European Union law) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention…
• n. (genetics) Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.
• n. (medicine) Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.
• adj. In conformity with applicable rules and regulations.

restriction

• n. The act of restricting, or the state of being restricted.
• n. A regulation or limitation that restricts.
• n. (biology) The mechanism by which a cell degrades foreign DNA material.

rule

• n. A regulation, law, guideline.
• n. A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
• n. A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as…
• n. A regulating principle.
• n. The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
• n. A normal condition or state of affairs.
• n. (obsolete) Conduct; behaviour.
• n. (law) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or…
• n. (mathematics) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
• n. (printing, dated) A thin plate of brass or other metal, of the same height as the type, and used for printing…
• v. (transitive) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
• v. (slang, intransitive) To excel.
• v. (transitive) To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).
• v. (intransitive) To decide judicially.
• v. (transitive) To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by…