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Stricten

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tighten upverb(transitive) To make sufficiently tight.
constrictverb(ambitransitive) To narrow, especially by application of pressure.
straitennounTo restrict or diminish, especially financially.
enstraitenverb(archaic) To render narrow or narrower; make strait; curtail (property).
narrowHaving a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
retrenchverb(transitive) To cut down or reduce.
restrainverb(transitive) To control or keep in check.
untightenverb(transitive) To loosen; to make something less tight.
unnarrowverb(rare) Not narrow.
tightenverb(transitive) To make tighter.
streightenverbArchaic spelling of straighten. [(transitive) To cause to become straight.]
derestrictverb(transitive) To free from restrictions.
looseNot fixed in place tightly or firmly.
keep a tight rein onverbTo exercise strict control over; keep in check.
rationnounA portion of some limited resource, especially food, allocated to a person or group.
deflexibilizeverb(transitive) To make less flexible.
withstrainverb(transitive) To restrain.
stiffenverb(intransitive) To become stiff.
slackenverb(intransitive) To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack; to lag.
retightento tighten again

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