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self-limiting

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[self-lim-i-ting] / ˈsɛlfˈlɪm ɪ tɪŋ /

adjective

  1. limiting oneself or itself.

    a self-limiting authority.

  2. (of a disease) self-limited.

Other Word Forms

  • self-limitation noun

Etymology

Origin of self-limiting

First recorded in 1860–65

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