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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: compulsion n 1: an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid [syn: {irresistible impulse}] 2: an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will [syn: {obsession}] 3: using force to cause something: "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn`t have to use coercion" [syn: {coercion}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: COMPULSION, n. The eloquence of power.
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