confines

Noun

• a bounded scope
  • "he stayed within the confines of the city"
• The borders or limits of an area.
• Elements that restrain someone.
• The scope or range of a subject.

Verb

• place limits on (extent or access)
• restrict or confine,
• prevent from leaving or from being removed
• close in; darkness enclosed him"
• deprive of freedom; take into confinement
• to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
• third-person singular simple present indicative of confine

Synonyms

bound, circumscribe, confine, detain, enclose, hold, hold in, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel

Antonyms

free