compulsion
Roget category 744
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.6. General intersocial volition
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#744.
Compulsion
noun
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.
verb
compel,
force,
make,
drive,
coerce,
constrain,
enforce,
necessitate,
oblige.
force upon,
press —
cram down the throat,
thrust down the throat,
force down the throat —
say it must be done,
make a point of,
insist upon,
take no denial —
put down,
dragoon.
extort,
wring from —
squeeze,
put on the squeeze —
put on the screws,
turn on the screw —
drag into —
bind,
bind over —
pin down,
tie down —
require,
tax,
put in force —
commandeer —
restrain
etc.
751.
adjective
compelling
etc.
v. —
coercive,
coactive† —
inexorable
etc.
739 —
compulsory,
compulsatory† —
obligatory,
stringent,
peremptory.
forcible,
not to be trifled with —
irresistible
etc.
601 —
compelled
etc.
v. —
fain to.
adverb
by force
etc.
n.,
by force of arms —
on compulsion,
perforce —
vi et armis [Lat.],
under the lash —
at the point of the sword,
at the point of the bayonet —
forcibly —
by a strong arm.
under protest,
in spite of one's teeth —
against one's will
etc.
603 —
nolens volens [Lat.]
etc.
(of necessity)
601 —
by stress of circumstances,
by stress of weather —
under press of —
de rigueur.
with a gun to one's head.
phrase
I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.
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