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self-limiˈtation
[self- 1 a.]
1. The limitation of oneself, one's nature, etc.
1847J. D. Morell Hist. View Philos. (ed. 2) II. v. 105 The idea of the objective arises from the self-limitation of our own free activity. 1853Pulsford tr. J. Müller's Chr. Doctr. Sin II. 204 A self-limitation of God. 1902J. Smith Integrity of Scripture iii. 106 There must have been a marvellous self-limitation in the Incarnation. 1907J. R. Illingworth Doct. Trin. x. 191 Virtue is rooted in self-control, self-discipline, that is, voluntary self-limitation.
2. Med. The property of being self-limited.
1879Flint in Arch. Med. (N.Y.) June, Self-limitation in Cases of Phthisis.
So self-ˈlimiting ppl. a.; spec. in Med. = self-limited ppl. a. 2.
1863E. V. Neale Analogy of Thought & Nature 43 By a first cause we mean a self-limiting will, while by the secondary causes derived from it, we mean powers thought of as limited by their effects. 1954S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 12) x. 125 The factor dominating the prognosis..is the recurrence of relapses on its cessation unless the malady is eradicable or self-limiting. 1965J. Pollitt Depression & its Treatment v. 71 Premenstrual depression is a short-lived, self-limiting depressive illness. 1977Lancet 19 Mar. 648/2 Whooping-cough is a self-limiting infection which should never be fatal with proper medical care. |