Definitions
1.noun(usually in plural) a rule restricting behaviour or action"For them, parity is less an ultimate goal than a transitory and permissive springboard for testing Western resolve and pursuing whatever additional accretions of strategic power the strictures of SALT and American tolerance will allow."
2.nounA general state of restrictiveness on behavior, action, or ideology"I just couldn't take the stricture of that place a single day more."
3.nounA sternly critical remark or review
4.nounAbnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body
5.nounStrictness
6.nounA stroke; a glance; a touch
7.nounThe degree of contact, in consonants