🧑‍🦽 A weakness ⚖️ A legal time limit 🚫 A restriction

limitation

63 3.5

A rule that controls how much or how many of something there can be

noun
/ˌlɪmɪˈteɪʃən/

: limitación

So that this industry also is subject to the same kinds of limitations as any any other sector.
impose a limitation
proposed limitations
license limitations

So there is a structural size limitation due to weight issues.

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Examples

But in the digital landscape, there's no limitation on supply, right?
Removals are further restricted by limitations on the total catch of all groundfish species combined.

Academic text (2008)
And the only limitation, the only limitation is one word, commitment.
Now what you find is that there is first of all a limitation to the volume.
So I love the limitation of the battery on this heat gun.
There should be limitations on the hours that people are allowed to work.
I mean, the limitations we have to be stuck to planet Earth are mainly Earth.
Presumably, the intention is to establish a parliamentary democracy with clear limitations on presidential powers.

Academic text (2011)
As a result, these myths have placed considerable limitations on Latin American elites.

Academic text (1999)
There should be limitations on the hours that people are allowed to work.

Synonyms

quota

vslimitation

470 3.8

A fixed official limit on how much of something is allowed

is the wider controlling concept, not always a fixed number

limit

vslimitation

432 1.0

The greatest amount or number allowed

is a general rule that controls amounts, numbers, or extent

restriction

vslimitation

340 3.0

A rule or action that limits what you can do

is the broader idea of a controlling rule over amounts or actions

ceiling

vslimitation

110 3.7

An upper limit on the amount or number allowed

is the general control idea, not only an upper bound

constraint

vslimitation

86 4.6

A rule or condition that limits what you can do

is the general controlling idea rather than a single specific condition

confines

vslimitation

45 5.1

The limits of an area or subject

is the broader idea of a control, not only physical or topical borders

restraint

vslimitation

44 3.9

A rule or measure that limits what people can do

is the general controlling idea rather than a specific curbing measure

stricture

vslimitation

8 7.7

A rule that limits what people can do

is the wider concept of a control that can be formal or informal

budget constraint

vslimitation

Specialized

4 4.0

A limit on how much money you can spend

is the general control idea, not limited to financial cases

hold-down

vslimitation

7.0

A rule that limits how much something can rise

is the broader control concept rather than specifically slowing increase

Antonyms

freedom

∞ 1.0

The right to act, speak, or think as you want without being stopped

liberation

127 3.9

The act of setting people free from control or unfair treatment

Compounds

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

1 7.0

A series of talks between the United States and the Soviet Union to limit nuclear weapons

mortal limitation

7.9

Things people cannot do because they can die

How Restrictive

ban

293 1.2

restriction

340 3.0

limitation

63 3.5

guideline

344 3.1

Surface Forms

limitation singular

limitations plural

Morphology

limitation = limit (transparent) = limit + ation

Standard nominalization from the verb 'limit' using the productive suffix '-ation', producing a noun meaning a restriction.

Etymology

Limitation comes from the simple word limit, which means a 'border' or 'edge'. So a limitation is a rule or control that stops how much or how many of something you can have.