1. A bounded scope
   "he stayed within the confines of the city"

1. Place limits on (extent or access)
   - restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, throttle 
2. Restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
   - limit, circumscribe 
3. Prevent from leaving or from being removed 
4. Close in
   - enclose, hold in 
5. Deprive of freedom; take into confinement
   - detain 
6. To close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
   - restrain, hold

See also: confinement

Type of: ambit, bear, carry, check, compass, contain, control, curb, decrease, disable, disenable, hold, hold back, hold in, incapacitate, keep, keep back, lessen, minify, moderate, orbit, range, reach, restrain, scope

Antonym: free

Encyclopedia: Confines

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