All 3 Uses
compulsion
in
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
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- I will not try to screen myself behind the plea of compulsion from a master; for it was not so.†
Chpt 10 *compulsion = an urge, force, or requirement to do something
- It seems less degrading to give one's self, than to submit to compulsion.†
Chpt 10
- She told him I was living with her by compulsion of his wife; that he needn't accuse her, for he was the one to blame; he was the one who had caused all the trouble.†
Chpt 15
Definitions:
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(1)
(compulsion) a strong (possibly uncontrollable) urge to do something; or a force or a requirement that forces an action
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)