constraint: kelime anlamı ve tanımları

The threat or use of force to prevent, restrict, or dictate the action or thought of others.

The state of being restricted or confined within prescribed bounds: soon tired of the constraint of military life.

One that restricts, limits, or regulates; a check: ignored all moral constraints in his pursuit of success.

Embarrassed reserve or reticence; awkwardness:"All constraint had vanished between the two, and they began to talk"(Edith Wharton).