v.tr. (often foll. by to, within)
1. confine, bound, limit (restricted parking; restricted them to five days a week).
2 subject to limitation.
3 withhold from general circulation or disclosure.
Phrases and idioms:
restricted area
1. Brit. an area in which there is a special speed limit for vehicles.
2 US an area which military personnel are not allowed to enter.
Derivatives:
restrictedly adv. restrictedness n.
Etymology: L restringere: see RESTRAIN