It would be as simple to grant anyone with health problems exemption from jury service as it would be to excuse judges who dread the risk that lifting the ban might get them sent back into the courts after retirement at 70.
fondle (third-person singular simple present fondles, present participle fondling, simple past and past participle fondled) 1  To touch or stroke lovingly. Mothers fondle their babies. 2  To grasp. The lovers fondled each other.
Full Definition of STIFLE. transitive verb. 1. a: to kill by depriving of oxygen: suffocate b (1) : smother (2) : muffle. 2. a: to cut off (as the voice or breath) c: deter, discourage. intransitive verb. â stiÂ·fler \-f(É-)lÉr\ noun. â stiÂ·flingÂ·ly \-f(É-)liÅ-lÄ\ adverb. See stifle defined for English-language learners. the joint next above the hock in the hind leg of a quadruped (as a horse or dog) corresponding to the human knee â see horse illustration. ADVERTISEMENT.