Definition of compulsion

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Compulsion (n.) 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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Necessary :: Necessary (a.) Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary; -- opposed to free; as, whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much discussed..
Forcement :: Forcement (n.) The act of forcing; compulsion.
Compulsive :: Compulsive (a.) Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
Compulsory :: Compulsory (a.) Having the power of compulsion; constraining.
Compellably :: Compellably (adv.) By compulsion.
Impress :: Impress (n.) The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed..
Duress :: Duress (n.) The state of compulsion or necessity in which a person is influenced, whether by the unlawful restrain of his liberty or by actual or threatened physical violence, to incur a civil liability or to commit an offense..
Servant :: Servant (n.) One who serves, or does services, voluntarily or on compulsion; a person who is employed by another for menial offices, or for other labor, and is subject to his command; a person who labors or exerts himself for the benefit of another, his master or employer; a subordinate helper..
Angariation :: Angariation (n.) Exaction of forced service; compulsion.
Voluntary :: Voluntary (v. t.) Free; without compulsion; according to the will, consent, or agreement, of a party; without consideration; gratuitous; without valuable consideration..
Volunteer :: Volunteer (v. t.) To offer or bestow voluntarily, or without solicitation or compulsion; as, to volunteer one's services..
Necessity :: Necessity (n.) That which makes an act or an event unavoidable; irresistible force; overruling power; compulsion, physical or moral; fate; fatality..
Freely :: Freely (adv.) In a free manner; without restraint or compulsion; abundantly; gratuitously.
Compulsatory :: Compulsatory (a.) Operating with force; compelling; forcing; constraining; resulting from, or enforced by, compulsion..
Exaction :: Exaction (n.) The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion..
Bondage :: Bondage (a.) The state of being bound; condition of being under restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary servitude; slavery; captivity.
Impressment :: Impressment (n.) The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of provisions or of sailors..
Compulsively :: Compulsively (adv.) By compulsion; by force.
Necessitattion :: Necessitattion (n.) The act of making necessary, or the state of being made necessary; compulsion..
Constrainedly :: Constrainedly (adv.) By constraint or compulsion; in a constrained manner.
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