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Synonyms for restriction

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineActions

the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)

The restriction of the infection to a focal area.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

confinement

Same sentence, swapped: The confinement of the infection to a focal area.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for restriction as it is used in the sentence above.

suppression
damper
boycott

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