1.Definition: an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will

"Her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly"

Related Noun(s):obsession

Category: General

2.Definition: 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"

Category: General

3.Definition: 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"

Related Noun(s):coercion

Category: General