limits synonyms
Colloquial sense of the very extreme, the greatest degree imaginable is from 1904. The verb is late 14c., from O.Fr. limiter, from L. limitare to bound, limit, fix, from limes. He rode at a walk through the streets, and when he got beyond the limits of the town touched the horse with his spurs. It has its limits, and lies outside of the struggle for existence, which is real, and is not play. He merely replied that the strangers must remain within the limits he had named until they gave the required promise. Slaves were also harshly treated, as property, not within the limits of humanity.
Synonyms. 1  end. 2  bound. 3  ultimate. deadline. 4  utmost. breaking point. 5  termination. extremity.  greatest 1  extent. the bitter  end. 1  end point. cutoff  point. furthest bound.