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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Compulsion

/kəm-pŭl'shən/ · Com·pul·sion · IPA /kəmˈpʌl.ʃən/
01 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; subjectio…
  1. 1.
    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.