Constitutional
[kɒnstɪ'tjuːʃ(ə)n(ə)l] or [,kɑnstə'tuʃənl]
Definition
(noun.) a regular walk taken as a form of exercise.
(adj.) sanctioned by or consistent with or operating under the law determining the fundamental political principles of a government; 'the constitutional right of free speech'; 'constitutional government'; 'constitutional guarantees' .
(adj.) of benefit to or intended to benefit your physical makeup; 'constitutional walk' .
Inputed by Leslie--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Belonging to, or inherent in, the constitution, or in the structure of body or mind; as, a constitutional infirmity; constitutional ardor or dullness.
(a.) In accordance with, or authorized by, the constitution of a state or a society; as, constitutional reforms.
(a.) Regulated by, dependent on, or secured by, a constitution; as, constitutional government; constitutional rights.
(a.) Relating to a constitution, or establishment form of government; as, a constitutional risis.
(a.) For the benefit or one's constitution or health; as, a constitutional walk.
(n.) A walk or other exercise taken for one's health or constitution.
Checked by Irving
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Natural, inherent, inbred.[2]. Legal, lawful, legitimate.
Edited by Horace
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fundamental, legal, lawful, legitimate, natural
ANT:Unconstitutional, illegal, Illegitimate, unnatural, unchanged
Checker: Williams
Examples
- Such constitutional monarchists as General Lafayette were seriously alarmed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In these cases the colonels were constitutional cowards, unfit for any military position; but not so the officers and men led out of danger by them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Was some constitutional peculiarity in him, feeling the influence in some new way? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- And in our own efforts to shape policies we do not seek out what is worth doing: we seek out what will pass for moral, practical, popular or constitutional. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But when he was summoned to surrender by a band of guerillas, his constitutional weakness overcame him. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This young man, Louis Philippe (1830-48), remained the constitutional king of France for eighteen years. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- President Wilson (born 1856) had previously been a prominent student and teacher of history, constitutional law, and the political sciences generally. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It always seems curious to watch the satisfaction of some reform magazines when China or Turkey or Persia imitates the constitutional forms of Western democracies. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But he had no hereditary constitutional craving after such transient escapes from the hauntings of misery. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The third requirement of a valuable contribution, says the Chicago Commission, is the constitutional sanction. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Well, Mas'r Jaggers, returned Mike, in the voice of a sufferer from a constitutional cold; arter a deal o' trouble, I've found one, sir, as might do. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Long after these constitutional powers had dispersed, my sister lay very ill in bed. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But I have a constitutional objection to this sort of thing. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He was an able constitutional lawyer and jurist; but the Constitution was not an impediment to him while the war lasted. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- A scientist who began an investigation by saying that his results must be moral or constitutional would be a joke. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Editor: Margaret