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Definition of Compulsion

1. Noun. 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"

2. Noun. An irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will. "Her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly"

3. Noun. Using force to cause something to occur. "They didn't have to use coercion"

Definition of Compulsion

1. n. The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force.

Definition of Compulsion

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Compulsion

1. Uncontrollable thoughts or impulses to perform an act, often repetitively, as an unconscious mechanism to avoid unacceptable ideas and desires which, by themselves, arouse anxiety; the anxiety becomes fully manifest if performance of the compulsive act is prevented; may be associated with obsessive thoughts. Origin: L. Com-pello pp. -pulsus, to drive together, compel (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Compulsion

Comptonia Comptonia asplenifolia Comptonia peregrina compton effect Compton scattering comptroller comptrollers comptrollership Comptroller General Comptroller of the Currency

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