All 4 Uses of
compulsion
in
Henry IV, Part 1
- What, upon compulsion?
Scene 2.4compulsion = an urge, force, or requirement to do something
- No; were I at the strappado, or all the racks in the world, I would not tell you on compulsion.
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- Give you a reason on compulsion!
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- if reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion, I.†
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Definition:
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(compulsion) a strong (possibly uncontrollable) urge to do something; or a force or a requirement that forces an action