About The Word Compulsory
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Compulsory
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What's The Definition Of Compulsory?
[adj] required by rule; "in most schools physical education are compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Compulsory: mandatory | obligatory | required Related Terms | Find terms related to Compulsory: absolute | binding | choiceless | coactive | compelling | compulsatory | compulsive | conclusive | constraining | decisive | decretory | dictated | driving | entailed | exigent | final | hard-and-fast | imperative | imperious | importunate | imposed | inevitable | involuntary | irresistible | irrevocable | mandated | mandatory | must | necessary | necessitous | obligatory | peremptory | prescript | prescriptive | pressing | required | restraining | ultimate | urgent | without appeal | without choice See Also | Compulsory In Webster's Dictionary \Com*pul"so*ry\, a. [LL. compulsorius.]
1. Having the power of compulsion; constraining.
2. Obligatory; enjoined by authority; necessary; due to
compulsion.
This contribution threatening to fall infinitely
short of their hopes, they soon made it compulsory.
--Burke.
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