Associations to the word «Constraining»

Wiktionary

CONSTRAIN, verb. (transitive) To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressurizing; to compel; to oblige.
CONSTRAIN, verb. (transitive) To keep within close bounds; to confine.
CONSTRAIN, verb. (transitive) To reduce a result in response to limited resources.

Dictionary definition

CONSTRAIN, verb. Hold back.
CONSTRAIN, verb. Restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King