Noun
Strictness.
A stroke; a glance; a touch.
A touch of adverse criticism; censure.
A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and Spasmodic.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI still find that a kind of stricture of the heart happens when I see any form of bigoted or racist behaviour. I get an actual pain in my heart. Janet Suzman
One must live with all, e'en if life be hell: Crime makes shame, not monetary stricture. Multatuli
If you remove stricture from a large Perl program currently, you're just installing delayed bugs, whereas with this feature, you're installing an instant bug that's easily fixed. Whoopee. Larry Wall
These are my politics to change what we can to better what we can but still to bear in mind that man is but a devil weakly fettered by some generous beliefs and impositions and for no word however sounding, and no cause however just and pious, to relax the stricture on these bonds. Robert Louis Stevenson
As the candle burns, the wax melts and the follower holds the melted wax in, whilst the stricture rests on the topmost solid portion of wax. Source: Internet
As no restaurant could make a profit under such a stricture, many restaurants, particularly in New Orleans, which is governed by a mouth-breathing socialist caudillo of a mayor in LaToya Cantrell, have said, “No thanks; we’ll wait.” Source: Internet