an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
<noun.motive> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
<noun.motive> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
| compulsion |
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| irresistible impulse |
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sample sentences
"he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident"
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