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Stricture

ˈstrɪktʃə

Stricture definitions

noun

Inflections:

stricture strictures

a restriction on a person or activity

"the strictures imposed by the British Board of Film Censors"

Synonyms:
constraint restriction limitation control restraint straitjacket curb check impediment bar barrier obstacle
a sternly critical or censorious remark or instruction

"his strictures on their lack of civic virtue"

Synonyms:
criticism censure blame condemnation reproof reproach admonishment disparagement flak
abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body

"a colonic stricture"

Synonyms:
narrowing constriction strangulation tightness