compulsion
/kəmˈpʌlʃən/ sustantivo C1En español: compulsión, coacción, coerción
- An irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences. · During the basketball game, I had a sudden compulsion to have a smoke.
- The use of authority, influence, or other power to force (compel) a person or persons to act.
- The lawful use of violence (i.e. by the administration).
Plural compulsions
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Yet perchance tomorrow deception will so act on me, that I shall, on compulsion, consider such a contemptible possession as the utmost happiness.
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