circumscribe
verbTo place limits or restrictions on something.
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Clear all filtersTo place limits or restrictions on something.
Grossly insensitive, coarse, or unrefined.
Clearly stated, precisely determined, or free from uncertainty.
Clearly determined
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To describe, outline, or mark something precisely.
Describe or mark precisely
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Able to recognize fine differences in quality or character.
Sensitive to fine distinctions
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Clearly separate or different; also readily noticed or understood.
Separate or different
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An explanation that adds detail, or the process of developing an idea more fully.
Addition of explanatory detail
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Difficult to find, catch, achieve, or define.
Exceptionally fine, beautiful, or delicately made.
Exceptionally fine or beautiful
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To confine or shut someone away.
Made up of many connected details or parts.
To free someone or something from control, restriction, or confinement.
Vague, indistinct, or not clearly developed.
A subtle difference in meaning, expression, or tone.
Limited to narrow local concerns or experiences.
To hold back, limit, or control an action, impulse, or movement.
Official authorization; also a penalty used to enforce a rule.
Official permission
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Refinement, worldly experience, or complexity of design or thought.
Refinement and experience
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Not obvious and requiring care to notice or understand.
Awkward, coarse, or lacking socially accepted manners.
Not held back, controlled, or limited.
Simple or lacking refinement, worldly experience, or technical complexity.
Lacking worldly refinement
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