Definition of "astriction" in English

noun

1. The act of binding; restriction; obligation.

2. (medicine) A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance.

3. (obsolete) constipation

4. (obsolete) astringency

5. (law, Scotland, historical) An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll. (The lands were said to be astricted to the mill.)