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coercion
 
Noun coercion has 2 senses
  1. coercion - the act of compelling by force of authority
    --1 is a kind of     enforcement
    --1 has particulars: terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act
    Derived form: verb coerce1
  2. compulsion, coercion - using force to cause something; "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn`t have to use coercion"
    --2 is a kind of causing, causation
    --2 has particulars: eviction, constructive eviction
    Derived form: verb coerce1
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