| Noun | 1.limiting - the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrasequalifying, modificationgrammatical relation - a linguistic relation established by grammarrestrictiveness - a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat' has a more specific meaning than `hat')apposition - a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows; "`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition" | Adj. | 1.limiting - restricting the scope or freedom of actionconfining, constraining, restricting, constrictiverestrictive - serving to restrict; "teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments" | | 2.limiting - strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase; "the restrictive clause in `Each made a list of the books that had influenced him' limits the books on the list to only those particular ones defined by the clause"grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)restrictive - serving to restrict; "teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments" |