limitation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The act of limiting or the state of being limited.
A restriction; a boundary, real or metaphorical, caused by some thing or some circumstance.
An imperfection or shortcoming that limits something's use or value.
A time period after which some legal action may no longer be brought.

/lɪmɪˈteɪʃən/ en-us-limitation.ogg

limitation limitations

Borrowed from Latin limitatio. Morphologically limit + -ation.

prescription

limitlessness

limitative

colimitation fee simple subject to executory limitation limitational limitationist nonlimitation self-limitation statute of limitations

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