coercion (noun)
1coercion — coerce ► VERB ▪ persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats. DERIVATIVES coercion noun coercive adjective. ORIGIN Latin coercere restrain …
2coercion — co·er·cion /kō ər zhən, shən/ n: the use of express or implied threats of violence or reprisal (as discharge from employment) or other intimidating behavior that puts a person in immediate fear of the consequences in order to compel that person… …
3coercion — from O.Fr. cohercion (Mod.Fr. coercion), from M.L. coercionem, from L. coerctionem, earlier coercitionem, noun of action from pp. stem of coercere (see COERCE (Cf. coerce)) …
4coercion — noun (U) the use of threats or orders to make someone do something they do not want to do: Soames said he had been under coercion when he confessed …
5coercion — noun Date: 15th century the act, process, or power of coercing …
6coercion — noun /koʊˈɜrʒən,koʊˈɜrʃən/ a) Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing. b) Use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain from doing something,… …
7coercion — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. compulsion, duress, intimidation, constraint; see oppression 1 , pressure 2 , restraint 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. force, pressure, duress, bullying, persuasion, strong arm tactics, railroading, constraint, scare… …
8coercion — co|er|cion [ kou ɜrʃn ] noun uncount the use of force or threats to make someone do something …
9coercion — UK [kəʊˈɜː(r)ʃ(ə)n] / US [koʊˈɜrʃ(ə)n] noun [uncountable] the use of force or threats to make someone do something …
10coercion — [kəʊˈɜːʃ(ə)n] noun [U] the use of force or threats to make someone do something …
