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Definitions for: Compulsion [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
Webster (1913) 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.
Synonyms: coercion, irresistible impulse, obsession
See Also: causation, causing, constructive eviction, eviction, irrational impulse, irrational motive, onomatomania
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