All containment synonyms

noun containment

• limit — the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
• discipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
• restriction — something that restricts; a restrictive condition or regulation; limitation.
• management — the act or manner of managing; handling, direction, or control.
• force — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
• government — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
• restraint — a restraining action or influence: freedom from restraint.
• jurisdiction — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
• domination — an act or instance of dominating.
• rule — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
• regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
• curb — If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
• supervision — the act or function of supervising; superintendence.
• oversight — an omission or error due to carelessness: My bank statement is full of oversights.
• authority — The authorities are the people who have the power to make decisions and to make sure that laws are obeyed.
• control — Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
• constraint — A constraint is something that limits or controls what you can do.
• stricture — a remark or comment, especially an adverse criticism: The reviewer made several strictures upon the author's style.
• stipulation — a condition, demand, or promise in an agreement or contract.
• condition — If you talk about the condition of a person or thing, you are talking about the state that they are in, especially how good or bad their physical state is.
• regimentation — the act of regimenting or the state of being regimented.
• weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
• ascendancy — If one group has ascendancy over another group, it has more power or influence than the other group.
• clout — If you clout someone, you hit them.
• supremacy — the state of being supreme.
• juice — the natural fluid, fluid content, or liquid part that can be extracted from a plant or one of its parts, especially of a fruit: orange juice.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• guidance — the act or function of guiding; leadership; direction.
• charge — If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
• might — physical strength: He swung with all his might.
• direction — the act or an instance of directing.
• subordination — the act of placing in a lower rank or position: The refusal to allow women to be educated was part of society's subordination of women to men.
• bridle — A bridle is a set of straps that is put around a horse's head and mouth so that the person riding or driving the horse can control it.
• manipulation — the act of manipulating.
• limitation — a limiting condition; restrictive weakness; lack of capacity; inability or handicap: He knows his limitations as a writer.
• sway — to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
• dominion — the power or right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority.
• qualification — a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
• determination — Determination is the quality that you show when you have decided to do something and you will not let anything stop you.
• superintendence — a district or place under a superintendent.
• subjection — the act of subjecting.
• predominate — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
• strings — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
• demarcation — Demarcation is the establishment of boundaries or limits separating two areas, groups, or things.
• string — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
• handicap — a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
• lock — a tress, curl, or ringlet of hair.
• circumscription — the act of circumscribing or the state of being circumscribed
• cramp — Cramp is a sudden strong pain caused by a muscle suddenly contracting. You sometimes get cramp in a muscle after you have been making a physical effort over a long period of time.
• glitch — a defect or malfunction in a machine or plan.