Synonyms for constraint

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kuhn-streynt

Phonetic Transcription : kənˈstreɪnt

Top 10 synonyms for constraint

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Définition of constraint

Origin : late 14c., "distress, oppression," from Old French constreinte "binding, constraint, compulsion" (Modern French contrainte), fem. noun from constreint, past participle of constreindre, from Vulgar Latin *constrinctus, from Latin constrictus (see constrain). Meaning "coercion, compulsion" is from 1530s.

noun force
noun shyness
noun restriction

Example sentences :

The lawyer's face sobered, and his tone as he answered was tinged with constraint.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

But then there was constraint in the correspondence—it was submitted to her mother.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

But, placid as she was, my mother was authoritative, and could not endure any kind of constraint.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

Vere felt that somehow her eager suggestion had deepened the constraint.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

At length the clerk came up to him with awkward manners and a look of constraint.
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

"She is going to Bishopsgate Street," thought Glory, and they separated with constraint.
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

When with him she was under a constraint as inexplicable to her as it was annoying.
Extract from : « A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties » by Charles Major

He paused, and was awkwardly conscious of constraint in the silence which ensued.
Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

But if you will not do it willingly, you shall do it from constraint.
Extract from : « The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained » by Martin Luther

There was no confusion, not even a semblance of constraint about her.
Extract from : « The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) » by Charles James Lever

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