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noun (n)

• the act of compelling by force of authority(noun.act)

  source: wordnet30
• using force to cause something to occur(noun.act)

  Example:
  They didn't have to use coercion.
  

  Synonym:
  compulsion
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act or process of coercing.(noun)

  source: webster1913