Main entry: modification, limiting, qualifying
Definition: the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
Main entry: restricting, confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting
Definition: restricting the scope or freedom of action
Main entry: limiting
Definition: strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase
Usage: the restrictive clause in `Each made a list of the books that had influenced him' limits the books on the list to only those particular ones defined by the clause