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obstrictions

obstrictions is the plural of obstriction.

Meaning of obstriction

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...

Questions about obstrictions

What is obstrictions the plural of?
Obstrictions is the plural of obstriction.

Words near obstrictions in the dictionary

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

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