- the act of setting up or making up; establishment, appointment, or formation
- the way in which a thing is made up; structure; organization; makeup
- the physical, or rarely mental, makeup of a person: a man of strong constitution
- the way in which a government, state, society, etc. is organized
- a decree, regulation, or custom
- the system of fundamental laws and principles of a government, state, society, corporation, etc., written or unwritten
- a document or set of documents in which these laws and principles are written down
Origin of constitution
Middle English constitucioun from Old French constitution from Classical Latin constitutio: see constitutethe Constitution