Both Uses of
compulsion
in
Call It Sleep
- He did not know what it was that compelled him to say it, but it was compulsion greater than he could withstand.†
Book 4 *compulsion = an urge, force, or requirement to do something
- In the swirling, crumbling, darkened mind, that one compulsion rallied the body and the brain like a standard.†
Book 4
Definition:
a strong (possibly uncontrollable) urge to do something; or a force or a requirement that forces an action