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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Circumscription \Cir'cum*scrip"tion\, noun [L. circumscriptio. See {Circumscribe}.]
1. An inscription written around anything. [R.] --Ashmole.
2. The exterior line which determines the form or magnitude of a body; outline; periphery. --Ray.
3. The act of limiting, or the state of being limited, by conditions or restraints; bound; confinement; limit.
The circumscriptions of terrestrial nature. --Johnson.
I would not my unhoused, free condition Put into circumscription and confine. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
circumscription
noun: the act of circumscribing
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
164 Moby Thesaurus words for "circumscription": 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
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