COMPULSION
\kəmpˈʌlʃən], \kəmpˈʌlʃən], \k_ə_m_p_ˈʌ_l_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of COMPULSION
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- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will
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an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
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an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will
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an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin] Act of compelling; —state of being compelled; constraint; coercion.
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