<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A remark or comment, especially an adverse criticism: The reviewer made several strictures upon the author's style.</li><li>An abnormal contraction of any passage or duct of the body.</li><li>Phonetics: A constriction of airflow in the vocal tract in the production of speech.</li><li>A restriction.</li><li>Archaic: The act of enclosing or binding tightly.</li><li>Obsolete: Strictness.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>