Associations to the word «Compulsory»

Wiktionary

COMPULSORY, adjective. Required; obligatory; mandatory.
COMPULSORY, adjective. Having the power of compulsion; constraining.
COMPULSORY, noun. Something that is compulsory or required.
COMPULSORY PURCHASE, noun. (British) eminent domain

Dictionary definition

COMPULSORY, adjective. Required by rule; "in most schools physical education is compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats