Dictionary definition · compulsion
noun
- 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"
- an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will"her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly"
- using force to cause something to occur"though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).