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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a regular walk taken as a form of exercise;


ADJECTIVE (4)

1. of benefit to or intended to benefit your physical makeup;
- Example: "constitutional walk"

2. sanctioned by or consistent with or operating under the law determining the fundamental political principles of a government;
- Example: "the constitutional right of free speech"
- Example: "constitutional government"
- Example: "constitutional guarantees"

3. existing as an essential constituent or characteristic;
- Example: "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity"
- Example: "a constitutional inability to tell the truth"
[syn: built-in, constitutional, inbuilt, inherent, integral]

4. constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup);
[syn: constituent(a), constitutional, constitutive(a), organic]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Constitutional \Con`sti*tu"tion*al\, n.
   A walk or other exercise taken for one's health or
   constitution. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
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         The men trudged diurnal constitutionals along the
         different roads.                         --Compton
                                                  Reade.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Constitutional \Con`sti*tu"tion*al\
   (k[o^]n`st[i^]*t[=u]"sh[u^]n*al), a. [Cf. F.
   constitutionnel.]
   1. Belonging to, or inherent in, the constitution, or in the
      structure of body or mind; as, a constitutional infirmity;
      constitutional ardor or dullness.
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   2. In accordance with, or authorized by, the constitution of
      a state or a society; as, constitutional reforms.
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   3. Regulated by, dependent on, or secured by, a constitution;
      as, constitutional government; constitutional rights.
      --Hallam.
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   4. Relating to a constitution, or establishment form of
      government; as, a constitutional risis.
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            The anient constitutional traditions of the state.
                                                  --Macaulay.
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   5. For the benefit or one's constitution or health; as, a
      constitutional walk. [Colloq.]
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   Constitutional law, law that relates to the constitution,
      as a permanent system of political and juridical
      government, as distinguished from statutory and common
      law, which relate to matters subordinate to such
      constitution.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

constitutional
    adj 1: of benefit to or intended to benefit your physical
           makeup; "constitutional walk"
    2: 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"
       [ant: unconstitutional]
    3: existing as an essential constituent or characteristic; "the
       Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity";
       "a constitutional inability to tell the truth" [syn: built-
       in, constitutional, inbuilt, inherent, integral]
    4: constitutional in the structure of something (especially your
       physical makeup) [syn: constituent(a), constitutional,
       constitutive(a), organic]
    n 1: a regular walk taken as a form of exercise