1. Restricting the scope or freedom of action
   "The limiting rules of the competition limited creative expression";
   - confining, constraining, constrictive
    
2. (grammar) strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase
   "In the phrase 'the red car,' 'red' is a limiting adjective"

1. Place limits on (extent, amount or access)
   "limit the time you can spend with your friends";
   - restrict, trammel, bound, confine, throttle
    
2. Restrict or confine within limits
   "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day";
   - circumscribe, confine to
    
3. Establish or state a specific value or set of values
   "limit the parameters";
   - specify, set, determine, define, fix

See also: restrictive

Type of: act, choose, decrease, lessen, minify, move, pick out, select, take

Encyclopedia: Limiting