coercion

co·er·cion

noun \-ˈər-zhən, -shən\

Definition of COERCION

:  the act, process, or power of coercing

Examples of COERCION

1. <a promise obtained by coercion is never binding>

First Known Use of COERCION

15th century

Related to COERCION

Synonyms

arm-twisting, force, compulsion, constraint, duress, pressure

Related Words

browbeating, bulldozing, bullying; fear, intimidation, menace, sword, terror, terrorism, threat, violence; squeeze, squeeze play; might, muscle, potency, puissance, strength; hardheadedness, self-will, willfulness; strain, stress

Near Antonyms

agreement, approval, consent, permission; convincing, persuasion, reason, suasion

Rhymes with COERCION

aspersion, aversion, conversion, dispersion, diversion, emersion, eversion, excursion, immersion, incursion, inversion, perversion, recursion, reversion, submersion, subversion