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coercion

English

Etymology

From Old French cohercion, from Latin coerciti? (magisterial coercion), from coercere, past participle coercitus (to restrain, coerce), from cum (with) + arce? (to shut in, enclose); see coerce.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ko?????n/, /ko?????n/

Noun

coercion (countable and uncountable, plural coercions)

  1. (not countable) Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.
  2. (law, 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. (countable) A specific instance of coercing.
  4. (programming, countable) Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type.
  5. (linguistics, semantics) The process by which the meaning of a word or other linguistic element is reinterpreted to match the grammatical context.

Antonyms

  • noncoercion

Hyponyms

  • type coercion

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Trivia

One of three common words ending in -cion, which are coercion, scion, and suspicion.

References

  • coercion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • “coercion” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  • coercion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • coercion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • criocone

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limitation

English

Etymology

Latin limitatio.

Morphologically limit +? -ation

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /l?m??te???n/
  • Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

limitation (countable and uncountable, plural limitations)

  1. The act of limiting or the state of being limited.
  2. A restriction; a boundary, real or metaphorical, caused by some thing or some circumstance.
  3. An imperfection or shortcoming that limits something's use or value.
  4. (law) A time period after which some legal action may no longer be brought.
    The lawyer obtained impunity by dragging his obviously guilty client's case beyond the ten-year limitation.

Synonyms

  • (time period): prescription

Antonyms

  • limitlessness

Derived terms

  • limitational
  • statute of limitations

Related terms

  • limitative

Translations

References

  • limitation at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

  • militation

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /li.mi.ta.sj??/

Noun

limitation f (plural limitations)

  1. limitation (action of limiting)

limitation From the web:

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  • what limitation means
  • what limitations are there on freedom of speech
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  • what religious practices are illegal
  • limitation of religion
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