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noun
The act of binding; restriction; obligation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
constipation
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
astringency
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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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.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, countable, historical, uncountable
Topics: law
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History
Ultimately from Latin astrictio.
Across languages
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