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the strictures
noun
A rule restricting behaviour or action
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Gradually, the strictures began to ease.
Experts say that the strictures were effective in reducing drinking.
Yet he has clearly loosened the strictures on political life.
But nor did he follow the strictures of pure flamenco.
The strictures seemed daunting but the possibilities fresh.
Don't the strictures and rules of miniature painting inhibit him?
Minorities aren't exempt from the strictures of collective responsibility.
But there are also the strictures imposed on women by the Aqim mujahideen.
There's some sloganeering this week – the strictures lend themselves to it.
"Men suffer more" from the strictures of gender, Fonda told the New York Times.
Moreover, they were never bound by the strictures of stadium pop.
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