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• n  a principle that limits the extent of something
  I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements
• n  an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)
• n  the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
  the restriction of the infection to a focal area

• The restrictions widely viewed as a thank-you to the hardline exile bloc that helped Bush win Florida in 2000 allow Cuban-Americans to visit the island for only 14 days .
• During a Sino-African summit in 2006, vehicle restrictions were enacted that removed about 800,000 of Beijing's then 2.
• As the threat of travel restrictions spreads, it's those kinds of inconveniences not health concerns that put some people off their vacation plans.

• limitation
• confinement

News & Articles

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• Frye Road Overpass work to restrict lanes on I-70
  VIGO COUNTY, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Transportation announces the Frye Road Overpass construction will restrict the left lane on Interstate 70 between the 13- and 14-mile marker, beginning June 17. This lane restriction will be in effect for 24 hours a day for about two weeks.
  June 17, 2013 - Terre Haute Tribune Star
• Conservation restriction approved
  MIDDLEBORO — The Board of Selectmen voted at its meeting Monday to support a conservation restriction to protect natural resources on a Pine Street property.
  June 13, 2013 - The Standard-Times
• Fremont County issues Stage 1 fire restriction
  Fremont County has issued a Stage 1 Fire Restriction in effect at noon today. The Board of Fremont County Commissioners met in emergency session at 10:15 a.m. today to fulfill Sheriff Jim Beicker's request to impose Stage 1 Fire Restrictions.
  June 13, 2013 - Canon City Daily Record

Quotes

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• President Bush in TIME
  When Congress returns they should remove this restriction so we can get these vast oil resources from the ocean floor to your gas tank,Bush said.
• Hillary Rodham Clinton in AFP
  We owe it to our kids to take the kinds of measures that ensure that they will grow up safe and sound and secure, and if that means a modest restriction on their freedoms until they reach the age of 22, then as a dad, I'm more than prepared to do... Dalton McGuinty http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalton_McGuinty&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNG4EVmCqqeaHPF3nuMH1geZyZ7ENA FOXNews http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Nov19/0,4670,CanadaYoungDrivers,00.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGZ1VDed7Jx6Zrl1IkKQdPv8B69uw Nov 19, 2008 83280 110817 restriction If it is acted upon it will be an unprecedented restriction on settlements and will have a significant and meaningful effect on restraining their growth," Clinton said ahead of a meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Marrakech, Morocco.