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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Compulsion \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.
[1913 Webster]
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would
give no man a reason upon compulsion. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
With what compulsion and laborious flight
We sunk thus low. --Milton.
Syn: See {Constraint}.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
compulsion
n 1: an urge to do or say something that might be better left
undone or unsaid; "he felt a compulsion to babble on about
the accident" [syn: {compulsion}, {irresistible impulse}]
2: an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive
actions, even against your will; "her compulsion to wash her
hands repeatedly" [syn: {compulsion}, {obsession}]
3: using force to cause something to occur; "though pressed into
rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they
didn't have to use coercion" [syn: {compulsion}, {coercion}]
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