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obstriction

obstriction noun: the state of being constrained, bound, obliged, or obligated.

Noun

obstriction (countable and uncountable, plural obstrictions)

  1. The state of being constrained, bound, obliged, or obligated.
  2. That which constrains or obliges; obligation; bond.
    • Who made our Laws to bind us, not himſelf, / And hath full right to exempt / Who ſo it pleaſes him by choice / From National obſtriction, without taint / of ſin, or legal debt;1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 25, lines...

Forms of obstriction

pluralobstrictions

Origin of obstriction

From Latin obstringere, obstrictum (“to bind to or about”).

Questions about obstriction

What does obstriction mean?
Obstriction means the state of being constrained, bound, obliged, or obligated.
What part of speech is obstriction?
Obstriction is a noun.
What is the plural of obstriction?
The plural of obstriction is obstrictions.

Words near obstriction in the dictionary

  1. obstreperating
  2. obstreperosity
  3. obstreperous
  4. obstreperously
  5. obstreperousness
  6. obstriction
  7. obstrictions
  8. obstringed
  9. obstropalous
  10. obstropolous
  11. obstropulous

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