noun
The act of constricting
narrowing, compression, reduction; see contraction 1.
That which constricts
choking, squeezing, binding; see stricture 2.
See constriction in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
A becoming narrow or narrower:
A compressing of something:
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