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   compulsory

   /kəmˈpʌls(ə)ri/

   adjective

   • 1. required by law or a rule; obligatory: "compulsory military service"
   • ▪ involving or exercising compulsion; coercive: "the abuse of compulsory powers"

   Word Origin early 16th century (as a noun denoting a legal mandate which had to be obeyed): from medieval Latin compulsorius, from compuls- ‘driven, forced’, from the verb compellere (see compel).

   Derivatives

   • 1. compulsoriness noun

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