Definition of "straitness" []

• The state or quality of being strait. (noun)
• The result or product of being strait. (noun)

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• "Thereupon, the man who had waxed wealthy being sore concerned, told him the whole story, and added, “I have brought thee a present, such as souls desire, and the price of thy dish of gold which I took; for it was the cause of my affluence after poverty, and of the replenishment of my dwelling-place, after desolation, and of the dispersion of my trouble and straitness.”"
• "To straitness of the grave-yard and humble bed of dust"
• "Now when the Caliph heard these words he smiled and his straitness of breast was done away with and he said,"