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Restricting
- verb - make more specific; "qualify these remarks"
- place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
- place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"
- place under restrictions; limit access to; "This substance is controlled"
- restricting the scope or freedom of action
Restriction
- noun - a principle that limits the extent of something; "I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements"
- an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)
- the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary); "the restriction of the infection to a focal area"
Restrictive
- adjective - (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports
- serving to restrict; "teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments"
Resubliming
- verb - sublime (a compound) once again
Resurfacing
- verb - appear again; "The missing man suddenly resurfaced in New York"
- cover with a new surface
- reappear on the surface
Retaliating
- verb - make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil; "The Empire strikes back"; "The Giants struck back and won the opener"; "The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing"
- take revenge for a perceived wrong; "He wants to avenge the murder of his brother"
Retaliation
- noun - action taken in return for an injury or offense
Retardation
- noun - a decrease in rate of change; "the deceleration of the arms race"
- any agent that retards or delays or hinders; "flame-retardant"
- lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
- the act of slowing down or falling behind
- the extent to which something is delayed or held back
Retardative
- - Tending, or serving, to retard.