CONSTRAINT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary A constraint is something that limits or controls what you can do Their decision to abandon the trip was made because of financial constraints Water shortages in the area will be the main constraint on development
Constraint - definition of constraint by The Free Dictionary 3 One that restricts, limits, or regulates; a check: ignored all moral constraints in his pursuit of success 4 Embarrassed reserve or reticence; awkwardness: "All constraint had vanished between the two, and they began to talk" (Edith Wharton)