Vocabulary
Compulsion
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the action or state of forcing or being forced to do something; constraint
Urdu meaning
مجبوری، زبردستی، دباﺅ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- HE authorities should not feign alarm: after all, they have been repeatedly warned against the compulsion to `keep files` on all and sundry guilty and innocent alike.
- Out of compulsion, they live in a rented home.
- Curiously, the ECP has felt no compulsion to prod them along in their work, even though the legal deadlines under which they are supposed to operate have long elapsed.
- Task every department to eliminate the compulsion of citizens endlessly visiting and waiting in government offices.
- Can we not extricate ourselves from the compulsion of needless pampering of our bureaucrats and politicians and instead increase the education budget by 50pc?
Synonyms
obligation, constraint, force, coercion, duress, pressure
Curator example
the payment was made under compulsion
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