EGAVE

astriction

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Meaning

  1. noun The act of binding; restriction; obligation.
  2. noun A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance.
  3. noun constipation
  4. noun astringency
  5. noun An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll. (The lands were said to be astricted to the mill.)

Similar words

adstriction restriction inclusion constriction stricture restrainment restraining confinement restringing corrective

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