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Impress :: Impress (n.) The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed..

Necessary :: Necessary (a.) Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary; -- opposed to free; as, whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much discussed..

Liberty :: Liberty (n.) The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from compulsion or constraint in willing.

Necessitattion :: Necessitattion (n.) The act of making necessary, or the state of being made necessary; compulsion..

Stoop :: Stoop (v. i.) To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection..

Forcible :: Forcible (a.) Using force against opposition or resistance; obtained by compulsion; effected by force; as, forcible entry or abduction..

Constraint :: Constraint (n.) The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity..

Compellably :: Compellably (adv.) By compulsion.

Necessity :: Necessity (n.) That which makes an act or an event unavoidable; irresistible force; overruling power; compulsion, physical or moral; fate; fatality..

Tributary :: Tributary (a.) Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace..

Coaction :: Coaction (n.) Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling..

Compulsory :: Compulsory (a.) Obligatory; enjoined by authority; necessary; due to compulsion.

Compulsory :: Compulsory (a.) Having the power of compulsion; constraining.

Impressment :: Impressment (n.) The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of provisions or of sailors..

Duress :: Duress (n.) The state of compulsion or necessity in which a person is influenced, whether by the unlawful restrain of his liberty or by actual or threatened physical violence, to incur a civil liability or to commit an offense..

Coercion :: Coercion (n.) The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act produced by it is a nullity, so far as concerns the party coerced. When the force is moral, then the act, though voidable, is imputable to the party doing it, unless he be so paralyzed by terror as to act convulsively. At the same time coercion is not negatived by the fact of submission under force. Coactus volui (I consented under compulsion) is the condit

Exaction :: Exaction (n.) The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion..

Forcement :: Forcement (n.) The act of forcing; compulsion.

Surrender :: Surrender (v. t.) To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession of (anything) upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one's person to an enemy or to an officer; to surrender a fort or a ship..

Compulsion :: Compulsion (n.) 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..

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