limiting

nouns

the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

adjectives

restricting the scope or freedom of action
strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase
"the restrictive clause in `Each made a list of the books that had influenced him' limits the books on the list to only those particular ones defined by the clause"
is similar to
serving to restrict
"teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments"
domain category
the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)