limitation: Meaning and Definition of

lim•i•ta•tion

1. a limiting condition; restrictive weakness; lack of capacity; inability or handicap: He knows his limitations as a writer.
2. something that limits; a limit or bound; restriction: an arms limitation; a limitation on imports.
3. the act of limiting.
4. the state of being limited.
5. the assignment, as by statute, of a period of time within which an action must be brought, or the period of time assigned: a statute of limitations.