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compulsion
noun
using force to cause something to occur
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 10
- Starts with
- C
- Ends with
- N
- Contains
- OMPULSIO
- Scrabble score
- 16
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
Meaning
Definitions
noun
using force to cause something to occur
“though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game”
noun
an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
“he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident”
noun
an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will
“her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly”
In context
Example Sentences
though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game
they didn't have to use coercion
he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident
her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly
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