1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Narrow.

2. (n.) The act of contracting, or of making or becoming less in breadth or extent.

3. (n.) The part of a stocking which is narrowed.

abbreviation astriction astringency ban bar barring blockade bottleneck boycott cervix circumscription coarctation compactedness compaction compression compressure concentration condensation confining consolidation constriction constringency contraction contracture cramping curtailment debarment debarring decrease demarcation diminuendo disentanglement disinvolvement distillation embargo exception exclusion hourglass hourglass figure inadmissibility injunction isthmus knitting limitative limiting lockout narrow place neck nonadmission omission preclusion prohibition puckering purification pursing reduction refinement rejection relegation repudiation restricting restriction restrictive shortening simplification solidification stranglement strangulation streamlining striction stricture stripping stripping down systole taboo taper tapering uncluttering unscrambling unsnarling wasp waist wrinkling