3. Charter of government, fundamental law, organic law. Constitutional, a.
1. Natural, inherent, inbred, inborn, innate, connate, congenital, organic. 2. Legal, lawful, legitimate, consistent with the constitution. Constrain, v. a.
1. Compel, force, drive, oblige, coerce. 2. Confine, restrain, inthrall, hold, curb, put under restraint, keep down, keep under. 3. Urge, impel, draw, draw urgently or irresistibly. Constraint, n.
1. Compulsion, force, necessity, obligation, coercion. 2. Confinement, restraint, imprisonment, incarceration, inthralment, durance, duress, captivity. Constrict, v. a. Cramp, contract, compress.
Constriction, n. Contraction, compression.
Construct, v. a.
1. Fabricate, build, erect, raise, set up, put together. 2. Organize, institute, originate, invent, arrange, make, form, frame. Constructor, n. Builder.
Construction, n.
1. Fabrication, erection, building. 2. Structure, formation, conformation, configuration, form, figure, shape, mode of constructing. 3. Interpretation, explanation, version, rendering. Construe, v. a. Interpret, explain, expound, translate, render, put an interpretation upon.
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