Both Uses of
compulsion
in
David Copperfield
- 'So my son took, of his own will, and on no compulsion, to the course in which he can always, when it is his pleasure, outstrip every competitor,' she pursued.†
Chpt 19-21 *
- He drew it under the sleeve of his mulberry-coloured great-coat, and I walked on, almost upon compulsion, arm-in-arm with him.†
Chpt 37-39
Definition:
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(compulsion) a strong (possibly uncontrollable) urge to do something; or a force or a requirement that forces an action