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confining
noun as in restricting
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The decision to leave the confining comforts of home this past November was “awful,” says Grace.
It is at once confining and infinitely sinuous, so at Biennale-time it abounds with situations I call Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet!
To these and the general forms of old English pipes, I purpose confining myself in the present article.
The veil had slipped and might easily have been mistaken for a ribbon confining the queue at the base of the head.
When a way has been acquired by such use, the law is strict in confining the gainer in the use of it.
Instead of confining their action to actual applicants for help, they had to search out cases of nuisance or dangerous disease.
A very dense fog enveloped everything, confining the view of surrounding objects to a radius of about fifty yards.
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On this page you'll find 19 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to confining, such as: bounding, detaining, enclosing, imprisoning, and restraining.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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