A person or thing that constrains, limits, or forces someone to do something or prevents them from doing something.
From constrain (Latin constringere) plus the agent noun suffix -er, creating a word for whoever or whatever does the constraining.
Gravity is arguably the universe's most powerful constrainer—it literally keeps you from floating away, which is why understanding it was so revolutionary for physics.
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