Meanings
nounrestringency (uncountable)
- obsoleteuncountableQuality or state of being restringent.
the juice being pressed out is immediately pleasant in caste , without any thing of that restringency which it had when incorporated with the meat , or flesh of the Apple
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Synonyms & antonyms
nounQuality or state of being restringent.
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