noun
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.
Law. 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.