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delimitation

[dih-lim-i-tey-shuhn] / dɪˌlɪm ɪˈteɪ ʃən /
NOUN
confinement
Synonyms
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custody detention incarceration internment jail repression
STRONG
bonds bounds check circumscription coercion constraint control cramp curb keeping limitation safekeeping trammels
WEAK
bounding constrainment immuration
Antonyms
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freedom liberation liberty
STRONG
allowance permission
NOUN
definition
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answer explanation interpretation rationale solution translation
STRONG
analogue annotation characterization clarification clue comment commentary cue delineation demarcation denotation determination diagnosis drift elucidation exemplification explication exposition expounding fixing formalization gloss individuation key rendering rendition representation settling signification terminology
WEAK
outlining statement of meaning
Antonyms
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question
WEAK
ambiguity nonsense vagueness
NOUN
demarcation
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separation
STRONG
bound differentiation distinction enclosure limit margin split terminus
WEAK
confine

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The dispute "is blocking the delimitation of the maritime border with New Caledonia and creating problematic legal uncertainties affecting fishing and scientific research activities, for example," it added.

From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025

They have established a bilateral delimitation commission tasked with agreeing on borders.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2024

“We should be able to sit down with Turkey as reasonable adults and resolve our main difference, which is the delimitation of maritime zones in the Aegean and the eastern Mediterranean.”

From Washington Times • Jan. 19, 2023

Indian Home Minister Amit Shah said in January that elections would be held in J&K soon after the delimitation process was completed.

From Reuters • May 5, 2022

This demands a special delimitation of the attention, quite different from cogitation, in fact, exclusive of cogitation.

From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Freud, Sigmund

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