stricture
/หstษนษชktอกสษ(ษน)/IPA: /S T R IH1 K CH ER0/
noun
- 1
(usually in plural) a rule restricting behaviour or action
โFor them, parity is less an ultimate goal than a transitory and permissive springboard for testing Western resolve and pursuing whatever additional accretions of strategic power the strictures of SALT and American tolerance will allow.โ
- 2
A general state of restrictiveness on behavior, action, or ideology
โI just couldn't take the stricture of that place a single day more.โ
- 3
A sternly critical remark or review
- 4
Abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body
- 5
Strictness
- 6
A stroke; a glance; a touch
- 7
The degree of contact, in consonants
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