restricted

restricted
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(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. limited, confined, restrained, circumscribed, curbed, bound, prescribed, checked, bounded, inhibited, hampered, marked, defined, delimited, encircled, surrounded, shut in, hitched, tethered, chained, fastened, secured, bridled, held in, held back, held down, reined in, controlled, governed, deterred, impeded, stayed, stopped, suppressed, repressed, prevented, trammeled, fettered, deprived, blocked, barred, obstructed, dammed, clogged, manacled, frustrated, embarrassed, baffled, foiled, shrunken, narrowed, straitened, cramped, shortened, decreased, diminished, reduced, moderated, tempered, modified, qualified, out of bounds, off-limits; see also bound 1 , 2 .
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(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Kept within certain limits: limited. See LIMITED. 2. Not total, unlimited, or wholehearted: limited, modified, qualified, reserved. See BIG, LIMITED. 3. Excluding or unavailable to certain minorities: segregated. See INCLUDE, LIMITED. 4. Of or being information available only to authorized persons: classified, confidential, privileged. See SHOW.

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