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   Com·pul·sion

   /kəmˈpəlSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. the action or state of forcing or being forced to do something; constraint: "the payment was made under compulsion" Similar obligationconstraintforcecoercionduresspressurepressurizationenforcementoppressionintimidationforce majeure
   • 2. an irresistible urge to behave in a certain way, especially against one's conscious wishes: "he felt a compulsion to babble on about what had happened" Similar urgeimpulseneednecessitydesirelongingmotivationdriveobsessionfixationaddictiontemptationpullinformal:jones

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin compulsio(n-), from compellere ‘to drive, force’ (see compel).

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