"compulsion" meaning in All languages combined

See compulsion on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /kəmˈpʌl.ʃən/ [UK], /kəmˈpʌl.ʃən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-compulsion.wav [UK] Forms: compulsion [singular], compulsions [plural]
enPR: kəm-pŭl'shən Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you have a compulsion to do something, you really want to do it even though there is no good reason.
    Sense id: simple-compulsion-en-noun-jV4Fx9iF
  2. If someone is under compulsion to do something, they are being forced to do it.
    Sense id: simple-compulsion-en-noun-X1P11njq
     
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