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/ˈkɔː(ɹ).sɪt/ · noun
A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust..
Today was Sunday, and Aunt Alexandra was positively irritable on the Lord’s Day. I guess it was her Sunday corset.
Mabel dreaded the upcoming ball and the preliminary corseting it would entail.
I will not remain corseted by your notions of what is and is not proper!
They were trying to free the lives of women of all sexualities and genders that were tightly corseted by lack of basic social and economic rights.
Use corset when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Corset means A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust..
Common synonyms include stays, bodice and underbodice, girdle, panty girdle.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Today was Sunday, and Aunt Alexandra was positively irritable on the Lord’s Day. I guess it was her Sunday corset.
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