1. the quality or state of being narrow or confined in space
2. the condition of being in financial difficulty or poverty
Usage: formal
3. strictness or severity in moral or religious matters
Usage: formal

Examples

• The straitness of the alley made it difficult for two people to pass.
• They lived in financial straitness after losing their jobs.
• The straitness of the passage between the rocks worried the sailors.
• The family's straitness forced them to sell their belongings.
• The moral straitness of the community left little room for individual expression.
• The straitness of the corridor created a feeling of claustrophobia.