Dictionary Entry
compulsion
compulsion is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 22 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
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"
Synonyms
- 3noun
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"
- 4noun
an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will
"her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly"
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