Constraint

Noun

 * 1) Something that constrains.
 * 2)  A condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy.

Adjectives for Constraint
tyrannous; bitter; evident; mute; gloomy; sorrowful; curious; formal; sharp; awkward; merciless; heavy; slight.

Verbs for Constraint
act under—; exercise—; lessen—; manifest—; occasion—; pale under—; prevent—; produce—; resist—; speak with—; subdue—; tug at—; —binds; —checks; —confines; —prohibits; —represses; — tightens; —voices.

Derived terms

 * constraint satisfaction

Thesaurus
restraint, abnegation, abstinence, aloofness, aplomb, arrest, arrestation, backwardness, bashfulness, blankness, caging, calm, calmness, check, chilliness, circumscription, coaction, coercion, coldness, composure, compulsion, compulsiveness, confinement, conservatism, continence, control, cool, cooling, cooling down, cooling off, coolness, cramp, curb, curtailment, deceleration, denial, detachment, discipline, discreetness, discretion, dispassion, distance, drive, driving, duress, enforcement, evenness, exigency, expressionlessness, forbearance, forcing, frigidity, frostiness, frugality, gentleness, goad, golden mean, guardedness, happy medium, hindrance, iciness, impartiality, impassiveness, impassivity, impelling, impersonality, impoundment, impulse, impulsion, inaccessibility, independence, inevitability, inhibition, injunction, interdict, introversion, irresistibility, judiciousness, juste-milieu, legal restraint, lenity, lockup, meden agan, middle way, mildness, moderateness, moderation, moderationism, modesty, monopoly, motive, necessity, neutrality, nonviolence, nothing in excess, obligation, obligement, pacifism, penning, pinch, possession, press, pressure, prohibition, protection, protectionism, protective tariff, prudence, push, rash impulse, rationing, rein, remoteness, renouncement, renunciation, repose, repression, reserve, reservedness, restraint, restraint of trade, restriction, retardation, reticence, reticency, retirement, retiring disposition, retrenchment, self-abnegation, self-command, self-conquest, self-control, self-denial, self-discipline, self-government, self-mastery, self-possession, self-restraint, serenity, slowing down, soberness, sobriety, sophrosyne, spring, spur, stability, standoffishness, steadiness, stress, subduedness, suppression, tariff wall, temperance, temperateness, thought control, tranquillity, unaffability, unapproachability, uncongeniality, undemonstrativeness, unexcessiveness, unexpansiveness, unextravagance, unextremeness, urge, urgency, via media, violence, withdrawal, withdrawnness

Etymology
From, from constrainte:, from verb constraindre: (French: contraindre:).

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese: 约束 (yuēshù)
 * Dutch:, inperking, begrenzing
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Italian: ,
 * Polish: ograniczenie, przymus


 * Romanian: constrângere, obligație
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ограничење, усиљеност
 * Roman: ograničenje, usiljenost


 * Dutch:, randvoorwaarde


 * Italian: