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    compulsion

    compulsion - Dictionary definition and meaning for word compulsion

    Definition
    (noun) an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
    Example Sentence
    • he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident
    Definition
    (noun) an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will
    Synonyms : obsession
    Example Sentence
    • her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly
    Definition
    (noun) using force to cause something to occur
    Synonyms : coercion
    Example Sentence
    • though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game
    • they didn't have to use coercion
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for compulsion

compulsion(come+pulsor) means strong desire so he had a strong desire to come on pulsor

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our professor tells that no compulsion for tmrws lect ...that means he is not forcing to attend his lect

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