constraint

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Something that limits or restricts what you can do.

   Budget constraints forced the team to cancel the project.

2. 2
   noun

   The act of holding back or controlling one's feelings.

   He spoke with great constraint, hiding his real anger.

From Middle English constreynt, constreynte, from Old French constreinte, past participle of constreindre (“to constrain”), from Latin cōnstringō (corresponding to the past participle cōnstrictus).

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