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CIRCUMSCRIPTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of circumscribing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("circumscription" is a kind of...):
confinement; restriction (the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary))
Derivation:
circumscribe (restrict or confine within limits)
circumscribe (draw a line around)
circumscribe (to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect)
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