compulsion

1. (noun) using force to cause something: "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn`t have to use coercion"
Synonyms: coercion
Related Words: causation, causing, constructive eviction, eviction

2. (noun) an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
Synonyms: irresistible impulse
Related Words: irrational impulse

3. (noun) an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will
Synonyms: obsession
Related Words: irrational motive



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