noun
1.
something that restricts or restrains
they both wanted to be free of the restriction of the school
Synonyms: ||ball and chain, circumscription, cramp, limitation, stint, stricture
Related Word: brake, check, control, curb
2.
an act of restricting or the condition of being restricted
undue restriction of children
Synonyms: circumscription, confinement, constrainment, constraint, cramp, restraint