English to English
noun
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will
Her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly.
source: WordNet 3.0
- using force to cause something to occur
Though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game.
They didn't have to use coercion.
source: WordNet 3.0
- The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [compúlcion] Pagpilit
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
