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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 astriction
 束縛,限制,便祕

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 As·tric·tion n.
 1. The act of binding; restriction; also, obligation.
 2. Med. (a) A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance on the animal economy. --Dunglison. (b) Constipation.
 3. Astringency. [Obs.]
 4. Scots Law An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll.
 Note:The lands were said to be astricted to the mill.