stricture.
A rule restricting behaviour or action.
Meaning & usage
A rule restricting behaviour or action.
A general state of restrictiveness on behavior, action, or ideology.
I just couldn't take the stricture of that place a single day more.
A sternly critical remark or review.
Abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body.
Strictness.
A stroke; a glance; a touch.
The degree of contact, in consonants.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Late Latin strictūra, from Latin strictus.
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