Other forms: restrictions
A restriction is a rule that limits what may be done. Not a ban — a boundary.
It takes on, so a restriction on parking or a restriction on numbers. The word became one of the most used in English during the pandemic, when travel restrictions and restrictions on gatherings were announced weekly. It also has a physical sense, and a restriction in a pipe or an artery is a narrowing. The verb is restrict and the adjective restrictive describes a rule that limits more than it needs to.
1nounrestrictionA rule or condition that limits what can be done.
“There are restrictions on when the road can be used.”
2nounnarrowingA narrowing that limits flow.
“A restriction in the pipe was causing the noise.”
Latin
restrictiō
Middle French
restriction
Anglo-Norman
restriction
Middle English
restriccioun
English, today
restriction
From Middle English restriccioun, from Anglo-Norman restriction, Middle French restriction, and their source, Latin restrictiō, from Latin restringō. Morphologically restrict + -ion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA