Synonyms for coercion
koʊˈɜr ʃənco·er·cion

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1. coercionnoun

   the act of compelling by force of authority

   Synonyms:
   compulsion

2. compulsion, coercionnoun

   using force to cause something to occur

   "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn't have to use coercion"

   Synonyms:
   irresistible impulse, obsession, compulsion

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1. coercionnoun

   Synonyms:
   restraint, check, curb

2. coercionnoun

   Synonyms:
   compulsion, constraint

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1. coercionnoun

   Synonyms:
   compulsion, restraint, force, repression, constraint

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1. List of paraphrases for "coercion":

   duress, compulsion, coercive, constraint, restraint, coercing, pressure, stress, enforcement, oppression

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1. Weesam Khoury:

   As the decision to get vaccinated is a personal medical choice that should be made free from coercion and mandates from employers, the employee in question has been placed on administrative leave, and the Florida Department of Health is conducting an inquiry to determine if any laws were broken in this case.

2. Drew Thompson:

   That's what Nancy Pelosi really accomplished, raising global awareness of China's sustained military coercion campaign against Taiwan that's been going on for more than a decade, they do this every year.

3. Elizabeth Meserve:

   People will say, ‘How can you be a prostitute and love your children?’ But when you have somebody saying, ‘I'm going to hurt your child if you don't do this,’ you do it, so that's where coercion came in.

4. The Michigan Republican:

   I've spent my entire career fighting for freedom in the Army and as a state legislator, yet Joe Biden wants to discard me because I oppose his coercive forced vaccination mandate, i believe individuals should be able to freely give their consent, without fear of retaliation or coercion before receiving the Covid vaccine.

5. Yun Sun:

   Every time Taiwan does anything that China does n’t like, the Chinese react with their own military coercion.