Compulsion - Definition
compulsion
n 1: 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" [syn: compulsion, irresistible impulse]
2: an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive
actions, even against your will; "her compulsion to wash her
hands repeatedly" [syn: compulsion, obsession]
3: 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" [syn: compulsion, coercion]