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  • 21compulsion — Synonyms and related words: abstraction, abulia, alienation, amperage, anxiety, anxiety equivalent, anxiety state, apathy, armipotence, authority, beef, black power, brute force, catatonic stupor, charge, charisma, clout, coercion, cogence,… …

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  • 22coercion — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. compulsion, duress, intimidation, constraint; see oppression 1 , pressure 2 , restraint 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. force, pressure, duress, bullying, persuasion, strong arm tactics, railroading, constraint, scare… …

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  • 23compulsion — The application of physical or mental force to compel the performance or the omission of performance, of am act. The word is frequently used as synonymous with the word duress. Joannin v Ogilvie, 49 Minn 564, 52 NW 217. See coercion; commercial… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 24coercion — Synonyms and related words: argumentum baculinum, compulsion, constraint, duress, high pressure, intimidation, menace, menacing, pressure, strong arm tactics, the big stick, the bludgeon, the club, the jackboot, the mailed fist, the strong arm,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 25coercion — co er·cion || ɜːʃn n. compulsion, use of force …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 26compulsion — com·pul·sion || kÉ™m pÊŒlʃn n. coercion, use of force …

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  • 27coercion — n. 1. Restraint, check, curb, repression. 2. Compulsion, constraint, force …

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  • 28compulsion — n. Coercion, constraint, application or employment of force …

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  • 29coercion — n 1. compulsion, pressure, duress, constraint, obligation; urge, provocation, requirement, necessitation; persuasion, inducement, insistence, arm twisting. 2. tyranny, terror, threat, force, enforcement; bullying, tormenting, harassment, abuse;… …

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  • 30compulsion — com•pul•sion [[t]kəmˈpʌl ʃən[/t]] n. 1) the act of compelling; constraint; coercion 2) the state or condition of being compelled 3) psi a strong, usu. irresistible impulse to perform an act, esp. one that is irrational or contrary to one s will • …

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