coerce
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/icons/point.icon FORCE, COMPEL, COERCE, CONSTRAIN, OBLIGE mean to make someone or something yield.
FORCE is the general term and implies the overcoming of resistance by the exertion of strength, power, or duress.
e.g. forced to flee for their lives
COMPEL typically suggests overcoming of resistance or unwillingness by an irresistible force.
e.g. compelled to admit my mistake
COERCE suggests overcoming resistance or unwillingness by actual or threatened violence or pressure.
e.g. coerced into signing over the rights
CONSTRAIN suggests the effect of a force or circumstance that limits freedom of action or choice.
e.g. constrained by conscience
OBLIGE implies the constraint of necessity, law, or duty.
e.g. felt obliged to go
verb with object
persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats:
｟かたく｠ «…を» 〈人〉に強要［強制］する «into» ; 〈人〉に無理やり «…» させる «into doing, to do» ; 〈人〉を抑圧する
e.g. they were coerced into silence.
obtain (something) by using force or threats:
e.g. their confessions were allegedly coerced by torture.
DERIVATIVES
coercer noun
coercible |kōˈərsəb(ə)l| adjective
ORIGIN
late Middle English: from Latin coercere ‘restrain’, from co- ‘together’ + arcere ‘restrain’.