limit

Definition

A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.

Etymology

From Middle English limit, from Old French limit, from Latin līmes (“a cross-path or balk between fields, hence a boundary, boundary line or wall, any path or road, border, limit”). Displaced native Old English ġemǣre. Doublet of limes.

Example Sentences

• "There are several existing limits to executive power."
• "Two drinks is my limit tonight."
• "It is the conductor which communicates to the inhabitants of regions beyond its limit […]"