Found 3 items, similar to compulsion.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: compulsion
paksaan, tekanan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: compulsion
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Compulsion
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.
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If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would
give no man a reason upon compulsion. --Shak.
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With what compulsion and laborious flight
We sunk thus low. --Milton.
Syn: See
Constraint.
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