Associations to the word «Coercion»

Wiktionary

COERCION, noun. (not countable) Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.
COERCION, noun. (legal) (not countable) 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.
COERCION, noun. (countable) A specific instance of coercing.
COERCION, noun. (computing) (countable) Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type.

Dictionary definition

COERCION, noun. The act of compelling by force of authority.
COERCION, noun. Using force to cause something to occur; "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn't have to use coercion".

Wise words

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
Leo Tolstoy