# What the words mean

## limit

Something a person will not do, or will only do under stated conditions. A hard limit is never crossed. A soft limit is possible only by explicit agreement at the time.

Example: Their profile lists their hard limits before anything else.

What it is not: Not a challenge, and not a starting position to be talked down from.

## How each entry is written

Each entry says what the term means on KinkEU, gives one example of how it is used, and says what it is not when it is often confused with something else. A role is never a gender, so no entry says who holds it. An entry explains a word. It is not a guide to doing anything.

## The same words in the app

These are the definitions the app shows when you tap a term. They are written once, so the meaning here and the meaning on a profile are always the same.

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https://kinkeu.com/en/glossary/limit/