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Coarctation

Confinement to a narrow space.

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Compression 76% connected

The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.

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Condensation 76% connected

The act or process of condensing or of being condensed; the state of being condensed.

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Contraction 76% connected

The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart, of the pupil of the eye, or…

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Narrowing 76% connected

of Narrow

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Constrict 74% connected

To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Constrict 74% connected

To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.

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Constriction 92% connected

The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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the act of relieving ills and changing for the better

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Broadening noun · 78% connection

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Change noun · 78% connection

a different or fresh set of clothes; "she brought a change in her overnight bag"

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Deterioration noun · 78% connection

a symptom of reduced quality or strength

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Dislodge verb · 78% connection

change place or direction; "Shift one's position"

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Euphemism noun · 78% connection

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Impairment noun · 78% connection

a symptom of reduced quality or strength

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Melioration noun · 78% connection

the act of relieving ills and changing for the better

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Metaphor noun · 78% connection

a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a simila…

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substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in ‘they counted heads’)

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Reposition verb · 78% connection

change place or direction; "Shift one's position"

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Semantic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to meaning or the study of meaning; "semantic analysis"

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change place or direction; "Shift one's position"

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Bedlam noun · 78% connection

A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse.

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Bridewell noun · 78% connection

A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridg…

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Cage noun · 78% connection

A place of confinement for malefactors

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Captive adjective · 78% connection

Made prisoner, especially in war; held in bondage or in confinement.

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Circumscription noun · 78% connection

The act of limiting, or the state of being limited, by conditions or restraints; bound; confinement; limit.

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Clausure noun · 78% connection

The act of shutting up or confining; confinement.

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Custody noun · 78% connection

State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment.

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Decumbiture noun · 78% connection

Confinement to a sick bed, or time of taking to one's bed from sickness.

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Defile noun · 78% connection

Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks…

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Detention noun · 78% connection

Confinement; restraint; custody.

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Discharge verb · 78% connection

To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty; as, to discharge a prisoner.

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Enlargement noun · 78% connection

A setting at large, or being set at large; release from confinement, servitude, or distress; liberty.

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False imprisonment noun · 78% connection

(law) confinement without legal authority

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Fillet noun · 78% connection

A narrow flat member; especially, a flat molding separating other moldings; a reglet; also, the space between two flutings in a shaft.…

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Filling noun · 78% connection

That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a tooth, a depression i…

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Forth adverb · 78% connection

Out, as from a state of concealment, retirement, confinement, nondevelopment, or the like; out into notice or view; as, the plants in…

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Gaol noun · 78% connection

A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail.

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Hold noun · 78% connection

A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.

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