Meaning of COMPULSION
| Pronunciation: | | kum'pulshun
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- [n] using force to cause something; "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn`t have to use coercion"
- [n] an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
- [n] an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will
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| | Synonyms: | | coercion, irresistible impulse, obsession |
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| | See Also: | | causation, causing, constructive eviction, eviction, irrational impulse, irrational motive, onomatomania | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Com*pul"sion\, n. [L. compulsio. See {Compel}.]
The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the
act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral
constraint; subjection to force.
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would
give no man a reason upon compulsion. --Shak.
With what compulsion and laborious flight We sunk thus
low. --Milton.
Syn: See {Constraint}.
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