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Meaning of coercion

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

coercion

Pronunciation:/koʊˈɝʃən/

noun

Definitions

  1. (not countable) Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.

  2. (not countable) 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.

  3. A specific instance of coercing.

  4. Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type.