Compulsion | Mean of compulsion in English Dictionary

/kəmˈpʌlʃən/

• Noun
• a very strong desire to do something
1. I gave in to one of my compulsions and ordered the chocolate dessert.
2. He felt a compulsion to say something.
• the act of using force or pressure to make someone do something
1. We should be able to get them to cooperate without using compulsion.
2. legal compulsion
• the state of being forced to do something
1. He was acting under compulsion. [=he was being forced to act]
2. Their children read only under compulsion. [=only when they are forced]
3. We are under no compulsion to decide immediately. [=we are not required to decide immediately]