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constraint
late 14c., "distress, oppression," from O.Fr.
constreinte
(Mod.Fr.
contrainte
), fem. noun from
constreint
, pp. of
constreindre
, from V.L.
*constrinctus
, from L.
constrictus
(see
constrain
). Meaning "coercion, compulsion" is from 1530s.
