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compulsion

noun
  1. using force to cause something to occur
    “though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game”
    coercion
  2. an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
    “I felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident.”
  3. an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will
    “They had a compulsion to wash their hands after touching anything.”
    obsession