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    • compulsion :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

    • compulsion :an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will
      • her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly

    • compulsion :using force to cause something to occur
      • though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game|they didn't have to use coercion

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