1. lack of movement or room for movement

Synonym: tautness

2. extreme stinginess

Synonym: meannessminginessniggardlinessniggardnessparsimonyparsimoniousnesstightfistednesscloseness

3. the spatial property of being crowded together

Synonym: concentrationdensitydensenesscompactness

4. a tight feeling in some part of the body

e.g. he felt a constriction in her chest
she felt an alarming tightness in her chest
emotion caused a constriction of his throat

Synonym: constriction

5. a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit

Synonym: stringency