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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | Late Latin compulsio, from Latin compellere; COMPEL |
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com‧pul‧sion
1 [countable] a strong and unreasonable desire to do something [↪ compel]: The desire to laugh became a compulsion.
The desire to laugh became a compulsion. compulsion to do something Leith felt an overwhelming compulsion to tell him the truth. the compulsion to smoke or eat too much
Leith felt an overwhelming compulsion to tell him the truth.the compulsion to smoke or eat too much2 [singular, uncountable] the act of forcing or influencing someone to do something they do not want to do [↪ compel] The use of compulsion in psychiatric care cannot be justified.
The use of compulsion in psychiatric care cannot be justified.