(n.) The act of confining to a smaller space; constraint by force\.

abbreviation abridgment abstract agglutination apocope astriction astringency bottleneck cervix circumscription clamping clamping down clumping clustering coarctation compactedness compaction compressure concentration concretion condensation consolidation conspectus constriction constringency contraction contracture crush curtailment decrease densification diminuendo elision ellipsis epitome foreshortening hardening hourglass hourglass figure isthmus knitting narrow place narrowing neck nip pinch precis press pressure puckering pursing recap recapitulation reduction retrenchment shortening solidification squeeze squeezing stranglement strangulation striction stricture summary summation syncope synopsis systole telescoping tightening truncation tweak wasp waist wrinkling