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The word of the day is ‘stricture’.
The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.
No, the word is a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Censure
2. A restriction on a person or activity.
3. A sternly critical or censorious remark or instruction
4. Rebuke
1. “I will have some supper,” Rose said, with dignity, ignoring the stricture.
2. I do not anticipate this stricture, but rather another—that I have proved too much by it.
3. It has been done effectively where the vas had no stricture.
4. These are the strictures imposed by the British Board of Film Censors
5. This is least objectionable in cases of stricture close to the meatus.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
blame, criticism, obloquy, rebuke, reprobation constraint, restriction, limitation, control, restraint, curb, bar, barrier, obstacle, criticism, censure, reproach, admonishment, disparagement etc.
compliment, praise, freedom
Quotation:
George Zimmerman is a foot soldier in a rapidly privatizing country. He is a new centurion of 21st-century America. Law enforcement is tied down by the strictures of, well, the law. There is only ‘so much they can do’ to take care of the ‘problem.’
Henry Rollins
Social Example:
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