COMPULSION


Meaning of COMPULSION in English

n. 1 a constraint; an obligation. 2 Psychol. an irresistible urge to a form of behaviour, esp. against one's conscious wishes. under compulsion because one is compelled.

[ ME f. F f. LL compulsio -onis (as compel) ]

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