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

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras