coercion.
Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.
Meaning & usage
Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.
Use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain from doing something, thereby depriving that person of the exercise of free will.
A specific instance of coercing.
Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type.
The process by which the meaning of a word or other linguistic element is reinterpreted to match the grammatical context.
The initiation or threat of conflict; aggression.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English cohercioun, from Old French cohercion, from Latin coërcitiō (“magisterial coercion”), from past participle coercitus of coërceō (“to restrain, coerce”), from co- (“with”) + arceō (“to shut in, enclose”); see coerce.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.