Meaning & use
circumscription
The act of limiting or restricting something, or the boundary that marks such a limit.
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The new law resulted in the circumscription of several previously unrestricted business practices.
Critics argued the policy amounted to an unfair circumscription of free speech.
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"Circumscription" is a formal word most common in legal, academic, or political writing.
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