Circumscription

n.	1.	An inscription written around anything.
	2.	The exterior line which determines the form or magnitude of a body; outline; periphery.
	3.	The act of limiting, or the state of being limited, by conditions or restraints; bound; confinement; limit. The circumscriptions of terrestrial nature. - Johnson. I would not my unhoused, free condition Put into circumscription and confine. - Shak.

Noun

1.

circumscription - the act of circumscribing

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