stricture

Meaning

Noun

• A rule restricting behaviour or action.
• A general state of restrictiveness on behavior, action, or ideology.
• 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.

Origin

• Borrowed from Late Latin strictūra, from Latin strictus.