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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..

Constrainedly :: Constrainedly (adv.) By constraint or compulsion; in a constrained manner.

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..

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

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..

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..

Free :: Free (superl.) Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclinations; determining one's own course of action; not dependent; at liberty..

Conscript :: Conscript (v. t.) To enroll, by compulsion, for military service..

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..

Volunteer :: Volunteer (v. t.) To offer or bestow voluntarily, or without solicitation or compulsion; as, to volunteer one's services..

Servant :: Servant (n.) One who serves, or does services, voluntarily or on compulsion; a person who is employed by another for menial offices, or for other labor, and is subject to his command; a person who labors or exerts himself for the benefit of another, his master or employer; a subordinate helper..

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

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

Compellably :: Compellably (adv.) By compulsion.

Compulsatively :: Compulsatively (adv.) By compulsion.

Angariation :: Angariation (n.) Exaction of forced service; compulsion.

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

Compulsively :: Compulsively (adv.) By compulsion; by force.

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

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