obstriction

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noun

The state of being constrained, bound, obliged, or obligated.

OriginLatin obstringere →
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Meanings

nounobstriction (countable and uncountable, plural obstrictions)

plural obstrictions

  1. countableuncountableThe state of being constrained, bound, obliged, or obligated.
  2. countableuncountableThat 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 311–314

Origin

  1. Latinobstringere
  2. Englishobstriction

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

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APA

obstriction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obstriction

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“obstriction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obstriction. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “obstriction,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obstriction.

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