List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 225

SYNONYMS: limit, restrict, confine, circumscribe.
These verbs mean to establish or keep within specified bounds.

Limit refers principally to the establishment of a maximum, as of quantity, degree, or time, beyond which a person or thing cannot or may not go: The Constitution limits the President's term of office to four years.
To restrict is to keep within prescribed limits, as of choice or action: The sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted to those over 21.
Confine suggests limits that imprison, restrain, or impede: All prisoners will be confined to their cells.
Circumscribe connotes an encircling or surrounding line that confines and especially that confines narrowly: A man should not circumscribe his activity by any inflexible fence of rigid rules.