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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

obstringere

obstrictum

, to bind to or about.]

The state of being constrained, bound, or obliged; that which constrains or obliges; obligation; bond.

[R.]

Milton.

Noun.

[L. obstrictus, obstringo; ob and stringo, to strain.]

Obligation; bond.

obstriction ‎(countable and uncountable, plural obstrictions)

The state of being constrained, bound, or obliged.
That which constrains or obliges; obligation; bond.
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