COERCION


Meaning of COERCION in English

n. 1 the act or process of coercing. 2 government by force. coercive adj. coercively adv. coerciveness n.

[ OF cohercion, -tion f. L coer(c)tio, coercitio -onis (as COERCE) ]

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