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"he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident"nounan urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
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"though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"nounusing force to cause something to occur
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"her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly"nounan irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will
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Definition that contains compulsion
- free not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint
- compulsive caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion
- obligatory required by obligation or compulsion or convention
- unenforceable not enforceable; not capable of being brought about by compulsion
- obsessive-compulsive characterized by obsessions and compulsions
- self-determination determination of one's own fate or course of action without compulsion