Coercion
WordNet
noun
(1) Using force to cause something
"Though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"
"They didn`t have to use coercion"
(2) The act of compelling by force of authority
WiktionaryText
Etymology
< < , pp. ; see coerce.
Noun
- Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.
- Use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain from doing something, thereby depriving that person of the exercise of free will.
- A specific instance of coercing.
- Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type.