compulsion
(noun)
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
Definition categories: motive
2. an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will
- her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly
Similar word(s): obsession
Definition categories: motive
3. using force to cause something to occur
- though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game
Similar word(s): coercion
Definition categories: act, causation, causing
Sentences with compulsion as a noun:
- During the basketball game, I had a sudden compulsion to have a smoke.