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coercion

coer·cion

UK/kəʊˈɜːʃən/ US/koʊˈɝʒən/ uncommon

noun

1.

the act of compelling by force of authority

2.

using force to cause something

  • “though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game”
  • “they didn”
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Inherited from Middle English cohercioun, from Old French cohercion, from Latin coërcitiō (“magisterial coercion”), from past participle coercitus of coërceō (“to restrain, coerce”), from co- (“with”) + arceō (“to shut in, enclose”); see coerce.

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