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Webster 1913 Edition
Compulsion
Com-pul′sion
,Noun.
[L.
compulsio
. See Compel
.] The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force.
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon
compulsion
. Shakespeare
Syn. – See
Constraint
. Webster 1828 Edition
Compulsion
COMPULSION
,Noun.
1.
The act of driving or urging by force, physical or moral; force applied; constraint of the will; the application of a force that is irresistible.If reasons were as plenty as blackberries, I would give no man a reason on compulsion.
A man is excused for acts done through unavoidable force and compulsion.
2.
The state of being compelled or urged by violence.