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| compulsive |
driven by an obsession or compulsion. [2/3 definitions] |
| conscript |
enrolled in military service by legal compulsion; drafted. [1/3 definitions] |
| constrain |
to cause by physical, moral, or other compulsion; compel; oblige. [1/3 definitions] |
| gladiator |
a man in ancient Rome who fought, often to the death and usu. under compulsion, for the amusement of an audience. [1/3 definitions] |
| habit |
a fixed, repeated, often involuntary behavior; compulsion; addiction. [1/5 definitions] |
| kleptomania |
a compulsion to steal, or the psychological disorder that causes such a compulsion. |
| -mania |
a mental or behavioral disorder characterized by obsession, compulsion, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| mythomania |
in psychiatry, an abnormal compulsion to exaggerate or lie. |
| necessity |
unalterable circumstances; compulsion. [1/4 definitions] |
| shall |
definitely will, as by compulsion or command. [1/3 definitions] |
| surrender |
to turn over or yield to the power, control, or possession of another, esp. under compulsion. [1/5 definitions] |
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