stricture synonyms

stricture

n.

  1. Censure

    criticism, obloquy, rebuke; see blame 1.

  2. Constriction

    tightness, choking, strangulation, check, squeezing, astringency, binding, control, contraction, compression, shrinking; see also restraint 2.

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