- a remark or comment, especially an adverse criticism: The reviewer made several strictures upon the author's style.
- an abnormal contraction of any passage or duct of the body.
- a constriction of airflow in the vocal tract in the production of speech.
- a restriction.
- the act of enclosing or binding tightly.
- strictness.
- a severe criticism; censure
- an abnormal constriction of a tubular organ, structure, or part
- severity
