The act of compelling by force of authority.

Roget 609a: no choice, Hobson's choice; first come first served, random selection; necessity etc. 601; not a pin to choose etc. (equality) 27; any, the first that comes; that or nothing.    neutrality, indifference; indecision etc. (irresolution) 605; arbitrariness.    coercion (compulsion) 744.    ... show more

Roget 739: severity; strictness, harshness etc. adj.; rigor, stringency, austerity; inclemency etc. (pitilessness) 914.1; arrogance etc. 885; precisianism^†.    arbitrary power; absolutism, despotism; dictatorship, autocracy, tyranny, domineering, oppression; assumption, usurpation; inquisition, reign of terror, martial law; iron heel, iron rule, iron hand, iron sway; tight grasp; brute force, brute strength; coercion etc. 744; strong hand, tight hand.    hard lines, hard measure; tender mercies [Iron.]; sharp practice; pipe-clay, officialism.    tyrant, disciplinarian, precisian^†, martinet, stickler, bashaw^†, despot, hard master, Draco, oppressor, inquisitor, extortioner, harpy, vulture; accipitres^†, birds of prey, raptorials^†, raptors^†.    ... show more

Roget 751: restraint; hindrance etc. 706; coercion etc. (compulsion) 744; cohibition^†, constraint, repression, suppression; discipline, control.    confinement; durance, duress; imprisonment; incarceration, coarctation^†, entombment, mancipation^†, durance vile, limbo, captivity; blockade.    arrest, arrestation^†; custody, keep, care, charge, ward, restringency^†.    curb etc. (means of restraint) 752; lettres de cachet [Fr.].    limitation, restriction, protection, monopoly; prohibition etc. 761.    prisoner etc. 754; repressionist^†.    ... show more

Dutch: dwang

Using force to cause something to occur:
— They didn't have to use coercion.

synonym: compulsion.

Roget 744: compulsion, coercion, coaction^†, constraint, duress, enforcement, press, conscription.    force; brute force, main force, physical force; the sword, ultima ratio [Lat.]; club law, lynch law, mob law, arguementum baculinum^†, le droit du plus fort [Fr.], martial law.    restraint etc. 751; necessity etc. 601; force majeure [Fr.]; Hobson's choice.    ... show more

Dutch: drukmiddel, dwangmiddel, pressiemiddel
Polish: wydalenie