CIRCUMSCRIPTION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of circumscribing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("circumscription" is a kind of...):

confinement; restriction (the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary))

Derivation:

circumscribe (restrict or confine within limits)

circumscribe (draw a line around)

circumscribe (to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect)

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