circumscription

A noun referring to the act of limiting, restricting, or drawing a boundary around something.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das die Handlung des Begrenzens, Einschränkens oder Ziehens einer Grenze um etwas bezeichnet.

1. The act of limiting or restricting C1 formal

   The process or act of drawing a line around something, thereby limiting or confining it.

   • The circumscription of the king's power was a long and difficult process.
   • The treaty led to the circumscription of the nation's borders.
   • The circumscription of the debate to only two topics frustrated many participants.

   🇩🇪Einschränkung

   Synonyme: confinementconstraintdelimitationlimitationrestriction

   Antonyme: expansionextensionfreedomliberation

2. A boundary or limit C1 formal

   A line that encloses something; a boundary or a limit.

   • The river formed the natural circumscription of the territory.
   • The circumscription of the electoral district was redrawn.
   • The garden was within the circumscription of the old stone wall.

   🇩🇪Grenze oder Begrenzung

   Synonyme: borderboundarycircumferenceconfinesedgeenclosurelimitmarginoutlineperimeter

• circumscriptions plural form
• circumscriptions' possessive plural form
• circumscription's possessive singular form