Definition of Compulsion

Compromise

COMPULSION noun

	The eloquence of power.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Condole

Regular definition:

COMPULSION:
k?m?p?l??n n. 1 a constraint; an obligation. 2 Psychol. an irresistible urge to a form of behaviour, esp. against one's conscious wishes. øunder compulsion because one is compelled. [ME f. F f. LL compulsio -onis (as compel)]

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