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Meanings of constraint in English

Portuguese
restrição
Catalan
fre
Spanish
limitación

The state of being physically constrained.

        restrição

        The use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance.

              The quality of being limited or restricted.

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                            Usage of constraint in English
                            1
                            Reporting remains subject to heavy legal constraint, thus key information remains obscured.
                            The Irish Times
                            2
                            The IMF has cited the power shortage as a serious economic constraint.
                            Reuters
                            3
                            The Rococo is violent in chains, insolent in constraint, drunken in sobriety.
                            The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
                            4
                            Some of the Directors were put under constraint; others supported the conspiracy.
                            The French Revolution: A Short History
                            5
                            She placed a strong constraint on herself; she spoke in friendly tones.
                            Jezebel's Daughter
                            6
                            The constraint and the silence enhanced the furious tension of my nerves.
                            The Queen Pedauque
                            7
                            A lack of affordable bank financing is another constraint on home ownership.
                            Reuters
                            8
                            There was a slight constraint in the faces of mother and daughter.
                            Coralie / Everyday Life Library No. 2
                            9
                            Nothing but the constraint of social usage now linked him to her.
                            Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story
                            10
                            Infants show interesting patterns of flexibility and constraint early in word learning.
                            Pubmed
                            11
                            That reticence was part of the general constraint lying upon them all.
                            Within the Tides: Tales
                            12
                            When she had gone there seemed a curious constraint in the air.
                            Young Lives
                            13
                            They exchanged ideas without the least constraint, almost like brother and sister.
                            Tales of Two Countries
                            14
                            We all three sat down and a grave constraint was upon us.
                            The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance
                            15
                            He went on, the touch of constraint again apparent in his manner.
                            Greatheart
                            16
                            This constraint was soon broken up by the preparations for the march.
                            Melbourne House, Volume 2
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                            Translations for constraint
                            Constraint through the time
                            Constraint across language varieties
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