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compulsion
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Noun
  • using force to cause something to occur
    • though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game
    • they didn't have to use coercion
  • an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will
    • her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly
  • 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
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