Constitutional - Definition

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