POSSIBILITIES Antonyms

• the state of being physically constrained

• a device that retards something's motion

• the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others

• the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)

• an uncalled-for burden

• incapability of existing or occurring

• an alternative that is not available

• the quality of being improbable

• lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something

• lacking the power to perform

• a principle that limits the extent of something

• the quality of being limited or restricted

• the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed

• (law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought

• an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)

• the character of the negative electric pole

• characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands

• an amount less than zero

• (chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond

• a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages

• a decree that prohibits something

• the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment

• refusal to approve or assent to

• the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)

• a principle that limits the extent of something

• an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)

• the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)

• concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use

• incapability of existing or occurring

• an alternative that is not available