compulsion

/kəmpˈʌlʃən/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
   “he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident”
2. an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will
   “her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly”
3. using force to cause something to occur
   “though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game”

Synonyms for compulsion

• irresistible impulse
• obsession
• coercion

Words that rhyme with compulsion

• convulsion
• expulsion
• emulsion
• propulsion
• revulsion