Demarcation

demarcation
    n 1: the boundary of a specific area [syn: {limit},
         {demarcation}, {demarcation line}]
    2: a conceptual separation or distinction; "there is a narrow
       line between sanity and insanity" [syn: {line}, {dividing
       line}, {demarcation}, {contrast}]
    

Demarcation \De`mar*ca"tion\, n. [F. d['e]marcation; pref.
   d['e]- (L. de) + marquer to mark, of German origin. See
   {Mark}.]
   The act of marking, or of ascertaining and setting a limit;
   separation; distinction.
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         The speculative line of demarcation, where obedience
         ought to end and resistance must begin, is faint,
         obscure, and not easily definable.       --Burke.
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68 Moby Thesaurus words for "demarcation":
      alteration, analysis, anatomization, atomization, ban, bar,
      barring, blockade, bounding, boycott, change, circling-in,
      circumscribing, circumscription, contradistinction, debarment,
      debarring, definition, delimitation, desynonymization,
      determination, differencing, differentiation, discrimination,
      disequalization, disjunction, distinction, distinctiveness,
      distinguishment, diversification, division, embargo, encincture,
      exception, exclusion, hairsplitting, inadmissibility,
      inclusion-exclusion, individualization, individuation, injunction,
      lockout, microscopic distinction, modification, narrowing,
      nice distinction, nonadmission, nuance, omission,
      particularization, personalization, preclusion, prohibition,
      rejection, relegation, repudiation, restriction, segregation,
      separation, severalization, severance, shade of difference,
      specialization, specification, subtle distinction, taboo,
      trichoschistism, variation