What is the meaning of limiting?

noun

• The grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase.
  • synonyms: modification, qualifying

verb

• Place limits on (extent or access. )
  • usage: "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
  • synonyms: restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
• (v.) ()
  • synonyms: limit, circumscribe, confine
• Decide upon or fix definitely.
  • usage: "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
  • synonyms: specify, set, determine, define, fix, limit

adjective

• Restricting the scope or freedom of action.
  • synonyms: confining, constraining, constrictive, restricting
• Strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase.
  • usage: "the restrictive clause in `Each made a list of the books that had influenced him' limits the books on the list to only those particular ones defined by the clause"