Synonyms:
restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
Meaning: place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
Synonyms:
limit, circumscribe, confine
Meaning: restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
Synonyms:
confine
Meaning: prevent from leaving or from being removed
Usage examples
We confine ourselves to indicating them.
For the present, I confine myself within my strict range of duty.
Sh!--keep mum, but just you confine yourself to that diet and you're all right.
But here I will confine myself to an exact narrative of the event and all that followed on it.
We will confine ourselves to saying that the love of Fantine was a first love, a sole love, a faithful love.
Pray observe, I say nothing about to-morrow--I leave to-morrow to you, and confine myself exclusively to the night.
"That you accept my word of honor to obey your directions as a prisoner, but that you shall not bind my arms or confine me otherwise."
Some of these peculiarities are known, the others may easily be pointed out; but I shall confine myself to the most prominent amongst them.
"We will confine ourselves for the present with your permission to this very interesting document, which must have been put together and posted yesterday evening.
Moreover, they do not confine themselves to local heroes; their range of choice has been widened by hearing much of what is not usually considered to interest children.