Both Uses
compulsion
in
Nine Princes in Amber
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- It lay like a compulsion upon me.†
Chpt 2 *compulsion = an urge, force, or requirement to do something
- Though I rationed myself carefully, resisting the compulsion, the handy temptation, for as long as I could, I finally found myself down to my final pack of cigarettes.†
Chpt 8
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)